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Extraintestinal Clostridioides difficile infection

IDCases, 2020
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is the major cause of healthcare antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. However, extra-intestinal manifestations of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) (including bacteremia and tissue infection) are ...
Zhao Hai, Lei Peng Zhen, Ma Juan, Yang Fan, Cang Jin Rong, Liang Jing Yao, Zhang Li Xia   +6 more
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Clostridium difficile Infection in Children [PDF]

JAMA Pediatrics, 2013
Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of health care-associated diarrhea among adults in the United States and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. During the past decade, the epidemiology of C difficile infection (CDI) has changed, including a rise in the rate and severity of infection related to the emergence of a ...
Julia Shaklee, Sammons, Philip, Toltzis, Theoklis E, Zaoutis   +2 more
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Calprotectin and lactoferrin faecal levels in patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI): a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

, 2014
Measurement of both calprotectin and lactoferrin in faeces has successfully been used to discriminate between functional and inflammatory bowel conditions, but evidence is limited for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Beadsworth, Mike B.J., Swale, Andrew, Mike B J Beadsworth, Munir Pirmohamed (40546), Andrew Swale, Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruwanthi, Chris M Parry, Little, Margaret, Hall, Amanda, Nick J. Beeching (623705), Parry, Chris M, Miyajima, Fabio, Paul Roberts (208537), Roberts, Paul, Fabio Miyajima, Amanda Hall, Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, Paul Roberts, Mike B. J. Beadsworth (623704), Pirmohamed, Munir, Chris M. Parry (304425), Beeching, Nick J, Munir Pirmohamed, Nick J Beeching, Beeching, Nicholas, Margaret Little (623703), Fabio Miyajima (208536), Andrew Swale (208539), Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona (623706), Margaret Little, Parry, Christopher, Beadsworth, Mike BJ, Amanda Hall (210816)   +32 more
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Clostridium difficile cure with fecal microbiota transplantation in a child with Pompe disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection is a growing problem among children due to both the increasing survival of medically fragile children with complicated chronic medical conditions resulting in prolonged antibiotic exposure and ...
D. E. Dow, P. C. Seed
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Recurrent Pseudomembranous Colitis in an Ovarian Cancer Patient Undergoing Carboplatin Chemotherapy

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2016
Background. Diarrhea is a common problem in ovarian cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and Clostridium difficile infection has been identified as a cause.
Valerie A. Allen, Kelly J. Manahan, John P. Geisler   +2 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, Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman, Małgorzata Piskorz-Szymendera, Elżbieta Włodarczyk, Natalia Smolarek, Izabela Miechowicz, Andrzej Jóźwiak, Grażyna Bączyk   +7 more
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Clostridium Difficile and COVID-19: Novel Risk Factors for Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global health care crisis. COVID-19 patients are found to have increased thrombotic risk. Despite being on prophylactic anticoagulation, many develop serious arterial and venous thromboembolic events ...
Venkata Ram Pradeep Rokkam, Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan, Rathnamitreyee Vegunta, Radhakrishna Vegunta, Umesha Boregowda, Babu P. Mohan   +5 more
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Clostridium difficile infection in the pediatric patients of an oncological hospital: cultivation of anaerobic intestinal flora and treatment

Microbiology Independent Research Journal, 2021
In recent years, the number of infectious diseases caused by Clostridium difficile in the world has grown with a significant increase in relapses and mortality in patients, particularly among cancer patients in hospitals.
Mariya G. Shvydkaya, Dzhamilya T. Dzhandarova, Sergey D. Mitrokhin   +2 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of fidaxomicin versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVES: Fidaxomicin was non-inferior to vancomycin with respect to clinical cure rates in the treatment of Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) in two Phase III trials, but was associated with significantly fewer recurrences than vancomycin.
Cornely, Oliver A., Odufowora-Sita, Olatunji, Van Engen, Anke K., Odeyemi, Isaac A. O., Retsa, Peny, Nathwani, Dilip   +5 more
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Clostridium difficile Infection [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2017
Preventing Clostridium difficile, the most common cause of health care–associated infections in hospitals and infectious disease death in the United States, is a national priority. Increased rates of infection among low-risk individuals in the community call for community-based prevention efforts to halt the increasing spread of this highly contagious ...
Jennan A, Phillips, Stephanie, Hammond
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