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Effects of Clostridium difficile on the human immune response [PDF]

, 2013
Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that is rapidly becoming a large issue in the medical community due to its tendency to infect hospital patients and its resistance to antibiotics.
McGovern, Mike
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Prevalencia y factores relacionados con la infección por Clostridium difficile en un centro hospitalario de alta complejidad en Cali (Colombia)

Infectio
Resumen Objetivos: Estimar la prevalencia y los factores relacionados con la infección por Clostridium difficile en un hospital de alta complejidad en Cali (Colombia). Métodos: Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles en pacientes que consultaron por
José Millán Oñate-Gutiérrez, María Virginia Villegas, Adriana Correa   +2 more
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Prevalence of Infection in Patients After Radical Cystectomy and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Bladder Cancer, 2017
Background and Objectives: Clostridium Difficile is the most common cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea. This study evaluates the prevalence and predictors of Clostridium Difficile infections in patients undergoing radical cystectomy with or without ...
Katherine J. Cotter, Yunhua Fan, Gretchen K. Sieger, Christopher J. Weight, Badrinath R. Konety   +4 more
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Restrictive antibiotic stewardship associated with reduced hospital mortality in gram-negative infection [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Antimicrobial stewardship has an important role in the control of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and antibiotic resistance. An important component of UK stewardship interventions is the restriction of broad-spectrum beta-lactam ...
Helps, Alieen, Irvine, Sharon C., Jones, Brian L., Ritchie, Neil D., Robb, Fiona, Seaton, R. Andrew   +5 more
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Fecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: the first prospective study of 30 patients in Romania

Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2018
Introduction: The infection with Clostridium difficile has increased in incidence worldwide and it raises many problems with regard to therapy, resistance to treatment and especially recurrence.
Mihaela Laszlo, Pascu Oliviu, Leucuta Daniel-Corneliu, Andreica Vasile   +3 more
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Clostridium Difficile

Nepalese Medical Journal, 2018
Clostridium difficile ; a group of spore forming, toxin forming, gram positive anerobel is implicated in hospital associated diarrhea and is the causative agent of infectious diarrhea.
Sushil Adhikari
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EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF DNA EXTRACTION KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF Clostridium difficile IN SPIKED AND FIELD FAECES FROM PIGLETS BY USING REAL-TIME PCR

Slovenian Veterinary Research, 2017
In complex samples (faeces, soil, food, etc.), Clostridium difficile is often present in the form of dormant spores that cause reduced effectiveness of DNA extraction.
Jana Avberšek, Urška Zajc, Igor Gruntar, Brane Krt, Matjaž Ocepek   +4 more
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The Issue of Early Diagnosis of Intestinal Complications at Antibiotic Therapy in Children

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2015
The objective of the research was to improve the timely diagnosis of intestinal complications of antibiotic therapy, caused by Clostridium difficile infection in children.
O.A. Radutna, O.H. Ivanko, N.V. Kyzyma, O.S. Krut   +3 more
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Cloning and Characterization of the Cell Wall Acting Enzyme CD1034 from the Pathogen Clostridium difficile [PDF]

, 2012
The manifestation of multidrug resistance in bacteria over the past several decades has resulted in one of the foremost challenges in the management of infectious diseases.
Suter, Zachary
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Pharmacokinetics of surotomycin from phase 1 single and multiple ascending dose studies in healthy volunteers

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2017
Background Surotomycin, a novel, orally administered, cyclic, lipopeptide antibacterial in development for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, has demonstrated minimal intestinal absorption in animal models.
Gurudatt Chandorkar, Qiao Zhan, Julie Donovan, Shruta Rege, Hernando Patino   +4 more
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