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Clostridium difficile Infection [PDF]

Medical Clinics of North America, 2013
Clostridium difficile is emerging as a common cause of infectious diarrhea. Incidence has increased dramatically since 2000, associated with a new strain that features both increased toxin production and increased resistance to antibiotics. For patients with mild to moderate disease, oral metronidazole is usually the first choice of treatment, and ...
Christopher L, Knight, Christina M, Surawicz   +1 more
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Infection of the colon with the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium difficile is potentially life threatening, especially in elderly people and in patients who have dysbiosis of the gut microbiota following antimicrobial drug exposure. C. difficile is the leading cause of health-care-associated infective diarrhoea. The life cycle of C.
Smits, W.K., Lyras, D., Lacy, D.B., Wilcox, M.H., Kuijper, E.J.   +4 more
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Clostridium difficile [PDF]

Clinics 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 ...
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]

The Lancet, 2008
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-producing anaerobe [1] responsible for approximately 50–70% of gastrointestinal infections in hospitalized patients [2, 3]. An episode of C. difficile infection (CDI) is defined as a clinical picture compatible with CDI (i.
Kuipers, Ernst, Surawicz, CM
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Clostridium difficile infection

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2014
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a significant and increasing medical problem, surpassing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the most common hospital-onset or facility-associated infection, and a key element in the challenging battle against hospital-acquired infections.
Stephen A. Geller, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos   +1 more
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The effect of Clostridium difficile infection on the course of liver cirrhosis

Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии, 2018
Aim of investigation. To estimate the frequency of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection and its effect on severity and pattern of complications at the compensated liver cirrhosis (LC). Material and methods.
A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin   +2 more
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High Clostridium difficile Infection among HIV-Infected Children with Diarrhea in a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Clostridium difficile causes a million of illnesses each year worldwide and can affect people of all ages. Limited data exist on the prevalence of C. difficile infections (CDI) among children below five years of age in developing countries. This study is
Mwanaisha Seugendo, Aldofine Hokororo, Rogatus Kabyemera, Delfina R. Msanga, Mariam M. Mirambo, Vitus Silago, Uwe Groß, Stephen E. Mshana   +7 more
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Pengaruh Pemberian Antibiotik Terhadap Populasi dan Produksi Toksin Clostridium difficile pada Pasien Demam Tifoid dan Pneumonia serta Hubungannya dengan Gejala Diare

Sari Pediatri, 2016
Clostridium difficile merupakan flora normal dalam saluran pencernaan manusia, tetapi dalam keadaan tertentu dapat menimbulkan penyakit, yaitu menjadi patogen bila ada kesempatan untuk bermultiplikasi dan membentuk toksin.
Dwi Prasetyo
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The role of a sequencing-based clinical intestinal screening test in patients at high-risk for Clostridium difficile and other pathogens: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Hospitalization and antibiotic treatment can put patients at high risk for Clostridium difficile infection, where a disturbance of the gut microbiome allows for Clostridium difficile proliferation and associated symptoms, including mild ...
Maureen Hitschfeld, Elena Tovar, Sarah Gupta, Elisabeth M. Bik, Christina Palmer, Michael C. Hoaglin, Daniel E. Almonacid, Jessica Richman, Zachary S. Apte   +8 more
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A Two-Stage Cascading Amplification Strategy Based on Zn²⁺-Doped WO_X Nanozymes for Ultrasensitive Lateral Flow Immunoassays of Clostridium Difficile Toxin B. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Based on the modulation of active sites and electronic structure of substrate materials, along with a colorimetric two‐stage cascading enhancement strategy, an LFIA platform with highly efficient POD‐mimetic enzymes is developed, achieving highly sensitive detection of Clostridium difficile toxin B.
Su J, Liu Z, Xiong R, Zhu R, Tong Z, Liu Y, Xiao R.   +6 more
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