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Extraintestinal Clostridium difficile Infections [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 1996
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Byl, Baudouin   +3 more
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Extraintestinal Clostridium difficile Infections [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2013
 Clostridium difficile causes diarrhea that ranges from a benign, self-limiting antibiotic use-associated disease to a life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis. Clostridium difficile has rarely been isolated in extraintestinal infections. Our objective was to characterize clinical features and risk factors of these infections.
Mattila Eero   +11 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Dietary-based gut flora modulation against Clostridium difficile onset [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Clostridium difficile infection is a frequent complication of antibiotic therapy in hospitalised patients, which today is attracting more attention than ever and has led to its classification as a 'superbug'.
Tuohy, K.M.   +2 more
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Association between proton pump inhibitor therapy and clostridium difficile infection: a contemporary systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Introduction Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that proton pump inhibitor (PPI) acid-suppression therapy is associated with an increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Sutton, AJ   +77 more
core   +1 more source

Probiotics in Clostridium difficile Infection [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2011
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most prevalent nosocomial infections. A dramatic increase in the incidence and severity of CDI has been noted in the past decade. Current recommendations suggest metronidazole as first-line therapy in mild to moderately severe CDI and oral vancomycin in individuals with severe CDI, or when ...
Xi, Na, Ciaran, Kelly
openaire   +2 more sources

The association between histamine 2 receptor antagonist use and Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major health problem. Epidemiological evidence suggests that there is an association between acid suppression therapy and development of CDI.
Sutton, AJ   +73 more
core   +1 more source

Clostridium difficile and its toxins [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
An investigation of Clostridium difficile has shown : 1. that the organism is resistant to cresols and phenolq and may be grown from material grossly contaminated with other organisms by culture in media containing these substances; strains ...
Hafiz, Saleem
core   +4 more sources

Excess Mortality Attributable to Clostridium difficile and Risk Factors for Infection in an Historic Cohort of Hospitalised Patients Followed Up in the United Kingdom Death Register. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
METHODS:We compared time from hospital admission to death in a probability sample of 100 Clostridium difficile infected cases and a probability sample of 98 non-cases admitted to an English teaching hospital between 2005 and 2007 with follow up in the UK
Mark Reacher   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infections caused by Clostridium difficile in cancer patients

open access: yesСибирский онкологический журнал, 2019
The purpose of the study was to determine the role of antibiotics as a risk factor of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in hospitalized cancer patients.Material and Methods. The study included 844 hospitalized cancer patients with diarrhea.
I. A. Klyuchnikova   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of Microbiota and Innate Immunity in Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

open access: yesJournal of Immunology Research, 2014
Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection represents a burdensome clinical issue whose epidemiology is increasing worldwide. The pathogenesis is not yet completely known.
Stefano Bibbò   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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