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Prevention of Infection due to Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2021Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile infection (CDI) causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States every year. Prevention of CDI is difficult because of spore durability and requires implementation of multipronged strategies. Two categories of prevention strategies are infection control and prevention and risk factor reduction. Hand
Amar, Krishna, Teena, Chopra
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Clostridioides difficile infection diagnosis
Annales de Biologie CliniqueClostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic enteropathogen responsible for a wide spectrum of clinical diseases ranging from mild diarrhoea to pseudomembranous colitis. It is the first cause of healthcare-associated diarrhoeas, but community-associated Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are increasingly reported in ...
Jeanne, Couturier +3 more
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Clostridioides difficile-Infection (CDI)
VacciTUTOR, 2022Clostridioides difficile is a Gram positive, spore-forming bacillus colonizing the lower gastrointestinal tract. Use of antibiotics, older age, and underlying diseases contribute to changes in the microbial flora of the gut, which may lead to the production of toxins that cause C.
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Clostridioides difficile infection in Africa: A narrative review
Anaerobe, 2022Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) places a burden on healthcare facilities worldwide. Most research studies have been concentrated in high-income countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, where C. difficile is the leading cause of diarrhoea associated with antimicrobial use.
Brian Kullin +3 more
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Clostridioides difficile Infections: Prevention and Treatment Strategies
Clostridioides difficile is the most common causative agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. This spore forming, obligate anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus is becoming responsible for an increasing number of infections worldwide, both in community and in hospital settings, whose severity can vary widely from an asymptomatic infection to a lethal ...Levy, Elvira Ingrid +3 more
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Clostridioides difficile infections among healthcare workers
American Journal of Infection Control, 2020Health care workers (HCWs) are constantly exposed to patients with Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) although their risk developing infection is unknown. We designed a retrospective comparative study including HCWs with CDI and 2 comparator groups with a 1:2 ratio: HCWs without CDI and admitted patients with CDI.
Gloria M. Aguirre-García +3 more
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Treatment of Severe and Fulminnant Clostridioides difficile Infection
Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2019This article will review current management strategies for severe and fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).Clostridioides difficile is the most common nosocomial cause of infectious diarrhea. With the rise of hypervirulent strains of CDI, almost 8% of patients hospitalized with CDI are afflicted with severe CDI (SCDI) or fulminant CDI ...
Yao-Wen, Cheng, Monika, Fischer
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Preventing Clostridioides difficile Infection Recurrence
AJN, American Journal of NursingNurses safeguard patients with proven practices.
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Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infection
JAMA, 2022Kanika, Sehgal +2 more
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Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children—An Update
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2022Johanna L. Leinert +3 more
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