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Mortality Attributable to Clostridioides difficile Infection: The Rising Burden of Disease in European Countries

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Clostridioides difficile infection is a major public health issue, being among the main causes of mortality due to healthcare-associated diarrhea.
Irena Ilic, Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic, Milena Ilic   +2 more
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The analysis of the epidemic status and risk factors associated with different genotypes Clostridioides difficile mixed infection

BMC Microbiology
Background Clostridioides difficile is the main pathogen of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous enteritis. Mixed Clostridioides difficile infection are simultaneous infection of the same host with strains of different genotypes. In recent
Yulian Zhang, Jing Yang, Honglian Wei, Jie Wang, Pu Qin, Qianqing Li, Cuixin Qiang, Jianhong Zhao   +7 more
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Comparative evaluation of three high-molecular-weight DNA extraction kits for Oxford Nanopore sequencing of Clostridioides difficile and Clostridium perfringens

Microbiology Spectrum
Clostridioides difficile and Clostridium perfringens are Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic pathogens affecting humans and animals, for which genomic data have been mainly generated using short-read or hybrid sequencing approaches.
Alexandre Mrozinski, Daniel Martak, Guillaume Reboul, Muriel Ehmig, Laure Diancourt, Frédéric Barbut, Caroline Le Maréchal, Edward Topp   +7 more
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Vancomycin Treatment in Clostridioides difficile-Colonized Patients

mSphere, 2021
A gold standard diagnostic for Clostridioides ...
Skye R. S. Fishbein, Tiffany Hink, Kimberly A. Reske, Candice Cass, Emily Struttmann, Zainab Hassan Iqbal, Sondra Seiler, Jennie H. Kwon, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Gautam Dantas, Erik R. Dubberke   +10 more
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Clostridioides difficile and Enterococci’s Interplay in the Human Gut: Bacterial Alliance or Competition? A Systematic Literature Review

, 2023
Clostridioides difficile and Enterococcus spp. are two common bacterial pathogens populating the human microbiota. We possess scant data on how Clostridioides difficile interacts with Enterococcus spp.
Francesco Schiavone, Fabrizio Taglietti, Nicola Petrosillo, Guido Granata   +3 more
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Cutting edges in Clostridioides difficile infections

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
Clostridioides difficile is the most common cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea and one of the most important causes of hospital-acquired infections.
Ana Durovic, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter
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Diagnosis of bacteraemia in neonatal foals using 16S rRNA high‐throughput sequencing

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sepsis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in foals. Early diagnosis can improve outcome but is complicated by non‐specific clinical signs and delayed confirmation of infection via blood culture. Molecular assays represent a rapid and more sensitive alternative.
Flavie Payette, Alicia E. Long, Weiming Hu, Kyle Bittinger, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Darko Stefanovski, Michelle Abraham, Maia R. Aitken   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fecal microbiota transplantation in a patient hospitalized in the intensive care unit – Case report

Heliyon
Clostridioides difficile infections are difficult and serious problem occurring in patients staying in intensive care units. In recent years, the number and severity of these infections, as well as the mortality rate, have been increasing, posing a ...
Katarzyna Oliwa-Libumska, Aleksandra Jaworska-Czerwinska, Malgorzata Mallek-Grabowska, Robert Wlodarski, Przemyslaw Zuratynski, Bartosz Kozlowski   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infections in Germany, 2010–2019: A Review from Four Public Databases

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a recognized global threat especially for vulnerable populations. It is of particular concern to healthcare providers as it is found in both hospital and community settings, with severe courses ...
Gordon Brestrich, Frederick J. Angulo, Fabian K. Berger, Christian Brösamle, Stefan Hagel, Andreas Leischker, Christoph Lübbert, Friederike Maechler, Sophie-Susann Merbecks, Nadia Minarovic, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Lutz von Müller, Phillip A. Reuken, Thomas Weinke, Holly Yu, Alexander Mellmann   +15 more
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Fluorescent tagging for assessment of environmental cleaning in an equine hospital

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Healthcare‐associated infections increase morbidity, mortality, and treatment costs in both human and veterinary medicine, and environmental contamination can contribute to their occurrence. Monitoring of environmental cleaning is an important component of multimodal infection control strategies.
Desiree Joch, Manolis Lyrakis, Sonja Franz, Nora Mareike Biermann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source