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Gram-positive Rod Surveillance for Early Anthrax Detection
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Connecticut established telephone-based gram-positive rod (GPR) reporting primarily to detect inhalational anthrax cases more quickly. From March to December 2003, annualized incidence of blood isolates was 21.3/100,000 persons; reports included 293 ...
Elizabeth M. Begier +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Fecal microbiota transplantation has proven to be an effective treatment for infections with the gram-positive enteropathogen Clostridium difficile. Despite its effectiveness, the exact mechanisms that underlie its success are largely unclear.
A. Baktash +6 more
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Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infections
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018 Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide. The diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI) requires both clinical manifestations and a positive laboratory test for C. difficile and/or its toxins.
Zhong Peng +6 more
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Clostridium difficile Infections: A Global Overview of Drug Sensitivity and Resistance Mechanisms
BioMed Research International, 2018 Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is the most prevalent causative pathogen of healthcare-associated diarrhea. Notably, over the past 10 years, the number of Clostridium difficile outbreaks has increased with the rate of morbidity and mortality.
Saeed S. Banawas
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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.
Ke Jin +5 more
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2018 Clostridium difficile is the leading infectious cause of antibiotic‐associated diarrhea and colitis. C. difficile infection (CDI) places a heavy burden on the healthcare system, with nearly half a million infections yearly and an approximate 20 ...
Michael G. Dieterle +2 more
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Transplantation, 2018 Background Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) may be at increased risk for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) but risk factors and outcomes in this population have not been well studied.
George J. Li +6 more
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World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 Antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have been well studied for adult cases, but not as well in the pediatric population. Whether the disease process or response to treatments differs between pediatric and adult
L. Mcfarland +3 more
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Strategies to Prevent Clostridium difficile Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2014 Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
E. Dubberke +10 more
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Botulism-like symptoms in an immunocompetent patient with Clostridium subterminale bacteremia
IDCases, 2018 Clostridium subterminale is a low virulence species of Clostridium that is an infrequent cause of human infections. We report a case of C. subterminale bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient who developed botulism-like symptoms.
Marytere Carrasquillo +2 more
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