Incidence and Outcomes Associated With Clostridium difficile Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2020 Importance: An understanding of the incidence and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the United States can inform investments in prevention and treatment interventions.
Balkenende, Erin +15 more
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Short-term genome stability of serial Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 isolates in an experimental gut model and recurrent human disease [PDF]
, 2013 Copyright: © 2013 Eyre et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ...
Baines, Simon D. +10 more
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Clostridium difficile: An Important Opportunistic Pathogen in Healthcare-Associated Infections
EDIS, 2018 Healthcare-associated infections are infections that patients can get while receiving medical treatment in a healthcare facility. One opportunistic pathogen, Clostridium difficile, has been getting more attention in recent years because of its ...
Soohyoun Ahn, Amarat Simonne
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Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023 Introduction Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a recognized global threat especially for vulnerable populations. It is of particular concern to healthcare providers as it is found in both hospital and community settings, with severe courses ...
Gordon Brestrich +15 more
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Clinical Utility and Alterations in Bacterial Flora in Fecal Microbiome Transplantation
International Journal of Medical Students, 2015 Dysbiotic states of gut ecology can be altered directly by transplantation of fecal preparation from healthy donors to patients with therapeutic intent.
Atman A. Dave, Rachel Robson
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The burden of clostridium difficile infection in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2019 Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) has registered a dramatically increasing incidence in the general population over the past decades. Nowadays, Clostridium Difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea in Europe and North America ...
Dumitru, Andrada +5 more
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IDCases, 2018 Clostridium subterminale is an anaerobic spore-forming bacterium usually associated with infections in patients who are immunocompromised. This case report focuses on a rare presentation of a multifascial space odontogenic infection associated with the ...
Karin Davis +4 more
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Rethinking the role of alpha toxin in Clostridium perfringens-associated enteric diseases : a review on bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
, 2017 Bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis is an economically important disease caused by Clostridium perfringens type A strains. The disease mainly affects calves under intensive rearing conditions and is characterized by sudden death associated with small ...
Deprez, Piet +6 more
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Risk factors for recurrence in patients with Clostridium difficile infection due to 027 and non-027 ribotypes [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: Our objective was to evaluate factors associated with recurrence in patients with 027+ and 027– Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Methods: Patients with CDI observed between January and December 2014 in six hospitals were consecutively ...
Aceti, A. +19 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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