Risk factors for infection in HIV-infected patients
SAGE Open Medicine, 2016 Background: Clostridium difficile infection is a healthcare-associated infection resulting in significant morbidity. Although immunosuppression is associated with Clostridium difficile infection acquisition and adverse outcomes, the epidemiology of ...
Hannah Imlay, Daniel Kaul, Krishna Rao
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Polyclonal Antibody Therapies for Clostridium difficile Infection
Antibodies, 2014 Clostridium difficile infection has emerged as a growing worldwide health problem. The colitis of Clostridium difficile infection results from the synergistic action of C. difficile secreted toxins A and B upon the colon mucosa.
Michael R. Simon +2 more
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High sporulation and overexpression of virulence factors in biofilms and reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and linezolid in recurrent Clostridium [Clostridioides] difficile infection isolates [PDF]
, 2019 Clostridium [Clostridioides] difficile infection (CDI) is one of the leading causes of diarrhea associated with medical care worldwide, and up to 60% of patients with CDI can develop a recurrent infection (R-CDI). A multi-species microbiota biofilm model
Baines, Simon +9 more
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Clostridium difficile – still a problem among the XXI century in case of geriatic patient
Journal of Medical Science, 2017 Introduction. The disease caused by Clostridium difficile (CzcD - Clostridium difficile -associated disease) - was defined by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in 2007 in order to standardize monitoring conditions of diarrhea ...
Agnieszka Ulatowska +7 more
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Molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
, 2001 This is the first study to provide a comprehensive insight into the molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile and particularly that associated with a recently recognized epidemic strain. We DNA fingerprinted all C.
Fawley, W.N., Wilcox, M.H.
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Balkan Medical Journal, 2018 Aims: To investigate the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Romanian hospitals. Methods: A survey was conducted at nine hospitals throughout Romania between November 2013 and February 2014.
Gabriel Adrian Popescu +8 more
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Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
Nursing Older People, 2010 Clostridium difficile can be cultured from the stool of 3 per cent of healthy adults but most people remain asymptomatic. Clinical disease develops when normal gut flora is disrupted, usually by antibiotic exposure, thereby creating conditions that favour C. difficile proliferation in the colon. Gastrointestinal diseases associated with C.
Latisha, Heinlen, Jimmy D, Ballard
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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]
, 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
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Modern Recent on the Laboratory Diagnosis of Clostridium Difficile-associated Infection
Журнал инфектологии, 2014 In the review the current information on the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated infection. Made a critical assessment of the effectiveness and specificity of the modern methods of diagnosis: methods of isolation and identification ...
A. S. Kvet naya, +2 more
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Circulation of Highly Drug-Resistant Clostridium difficile Ribotypes 027 and 001 in Two Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Mexico [PDF]
, 2018 © 2018, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.OBJECTIVE: To assess drug susceptibility and characterize Clostridium difficile ribotypes in isolates from two tertiary-care hospitals in Mexico.
Adrian Martinez-Melendez, Adrian +10 more
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