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Prediction of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection using comprehensive electronic medical records in an integrated healthcare delivery system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUNDPredicting recurrentClostridium difficileinfection (rCDI) remains difficult. METHODS. We employed a retrospective cohort design. Granular electronic medical record (EMR) data had been collected from patients hospitalized at 21 Kaiser Permanente
Baker, Jennifer M   +9 more
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Sporulation Abilities and Heat Resistance of Clostridium perfringens Strains Isolated from French Food Borne Outbreaks

open access: yesFoods
Clostridium perfringens is responsible for various diseases. Foodborne outbreaks (FBOs) result from the in situ production of C. perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) by type F strains during sporulation.
Olivier Firmesse   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

CHITINOLYTIC ENZYMES IN THE RUMEN MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica, 1998
Chitinolytic systems of rumen Clostridia (usually the most active rumen chitinolytic bacteria) and rumen anaerobic fungi were compared in the present study.
J. KOPEČNÝ, Blanka HODROVÁ
doaj   +1 more source

Clostridium difficile [PDF]

open access: yesClinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2010
Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) have emerged as one of the principal threats to the health of hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. The importance of C difficile colonization is increasingly recognized not only as a source for false-positive clinical testing but also as a source of new infections within hospitals and other health care ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Microbiological Quality of Experimental Silages in Combination With the Addition of Topsoil Soil Layer and Ensiling Additives

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014
Fodder crops contamination by the surface layer of soil is important in terms of the occurrence of clostridial spores that can infect silage through the contaminated fodder crops, which is followed by the feeding and occurrence of clostridia in the ...
Veronika Mlejnková   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bezlotoxumab Added to Standard of Care Versus Standard of Care Alone for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in High-Risk Patients in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the major cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhoea and is associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and economic impact.
Aceituno, Susana   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Correlation of gut microbiota with serum inflammatory index and 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in malnourished children

open access: yesZhongguo linchuang yanjiu
Objective To investigate the status of intestinal flora in malnourished children and its relationship with se.rum inflammatory cytokines and 25-hydroxyvitamin D[25 (OH) D]levels. Methods A total of 126 malnourished children admitted to Ningde Affiliated
ZHENG Jinlu, WANG Jingjing, LI Haiqing, CHEN Xiangjian
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Antimicrobial Action of Quaternary Amines against Acinetobacter baumannii

open access: yesmBio, 2018
Quaternary amine compounds (QAC) are potent antimicrobials used to prevent the spread of pathogenic bacteria. While they are known for their membrane-damaging properties, QAC action has been suggested to extend beyond the surface to intracellular targets.
Gregory A. Knauf   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Process Engineering of the Acetone-Ethanol-Butanol (ABE) Fermentation in a Linear and Feedback Loop Cascade of Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors: Experiments, Modeling and Optimization

open access: yesFuels, 2021
The production of butanol, acetone and ethanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum is a biphasic fermentation process. In the first phase the carbohydrate substrate is metabolized to acetic and butyric acid, in the following second phase the product spectrum ...
Katja Karstens   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Proteolytic processing and activation of Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin by caprine small intestinal contents. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Epsilon toxin (ETX), a pore-forming toxin produced by type B and D strains of Clostridium perfringens, mediates severe enterotoxemia in livestock and possibly plays a role in human disease.
Freedman, John C   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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