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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]

PLoS 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, Neville Q Verlander, Iain Roddick, Cheryl Trundle, Nicholas Brown, Mark Farrington, Philip Jones   +6 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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Porcine Colostrum Protects the IPEC-J2 Cells and Piglet Colon Epithelium against Clostridioides (syn. Clostridium) difficile Toxin-Induced Effects [PDF]

, 2020
Clostridioides difficile toxins are one of the main causative agents for the clinical symptoms observed during C. difficile infection in piglets. Porcine milk has been shown to strengthen the epithelial barrier function in the piglet’s intestine and may ...
Grześkowiak, Łukasz, Hauser, Anja E., Kröger, Susan, Martínez-Vallespín, Beatriz, Niesner, Raluca, Pieper, Robert, Vahjen, Wilfried, Zentek, Jürgen   +7 more
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Efficacy of Sterile Fecal Filtrate Transfer for Treating Patients With Clostridium difficile Infection.

Gastroenterology, 2017
BACKGROUND & AIMS Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective therapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). However, transferring undefined living bacteria entails uncontrollable risks for infectious and metabolic or ...
S. Ott, G. H. Waetzig, A. Rehman, Jacqueline Moltzau-Anderson, Richa Bharti, Juris A. Grasis, Liam Cassidy, A. Tholey, H. Fickenscher, D. Seegert, P. Rosenstiel, S. Schreiber   +11 more
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Role of Microbiota and Innate Immunity in Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

Journal 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, Loris Riccardo Lopetuso, Gianluca Ianiro, Teresa Di Rienzo, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Cammarota   +5 more
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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 infections in China [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Research, 2010
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection has become one of the major hospital-associated infections in Western countries in the last two decades. However, there is limited information on the status of C. difficile infection in Chinese healthcare settings.
Jin, Ke, Wang, Shixia, Huang, Zuhu, Lu, Shan   +3 more
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Para-cresol production by Clostridium difficile affects microbial diversity and membrane integrity of Gram-negative bacteria [PDF]

, 2018
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobe and a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Disruption of the commensal microbiota, such as through treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, is a critical precursor for ...
Baines, Simon D, Bianconi, Irene, Cutting, Simon M, Dawson, Lisa F, Harrison, Mark A, Hong, Huynh A, Kaur, Harparkash, Letertre, Marine P M, Nasher, Fauzy, Passmore, Ian J, Preston, Mark D, Swann, Jonathan R, Wren, Brendan W   +12 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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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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