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A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]

, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Amanda Weir, Andrew McAuley, CC McGuigan, CN Ramsay, Corinne Amar, D Akbulut, DJ Passaro, E MacDonald, E Tweed, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Gauri Godbole, Gillian Penrice, GY Chang, Health Protection Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD), J McLauchlin, J Sobel, J Strang, JA Jones, JA Stoltz, K Alpers, K Dunleavy, Kathie Grant, Kirsten M. A. Trayner, Kirsty Roy, M Desai, M Harris, M Ragonnet-Cronin, M Schroeter, MG Booth, N Markwick, National Records of Scotland, NE Palmateer, Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, RJ Gordon, SB Werner, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Protection Network, SJ Hahné, SR Offerman, TN Wenham, VD Hope, VD Hope, Y Soukup-Baljak   +43 more
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Complete high-quality genome sequence of Clostridium limosum (Hathewaya limosa) isolate 14S0207, recovered from a cow with suspected blackleg in Germany [PDF]

, 2020
Clostridium limosum can be found in soil and the intestinal tract of animals. In 2014, C. limosum was isolated from a suspected blackleg outbreak in cattle in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. We present a complete genome sequence of a C.
Abdel-Glil, Mostafa Y., Bodenthin-Drauschke, Anne, Busch, Anne, Eichhorn, Inga, Neubauer, Heinrich, Seyboldt, Christian, Thomas, Prasad, Wieler, Lothar H.   +7 more
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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, Nancy L. Barrett, Patricia A. Mshar, David G. Johnson, James L. Hadler   +4 more
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Extraintestinal Clostridium difficile Infections [PDF]

Clinical 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, Tarkka Eveliina, Arkkila Perttu, Mattila Petri S., Tissari Päivi, Anttila Veli-Jukka, Mattila Eero, Tarkka Eveliina, Arkkila Perttu, Mattila Petri S., Tissari Päivi, Anttila Veli-Jukka   +11 more
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Mechanisms of Action and Cell Death Associated with Clostridium perfringens Toxins. [PDF]

, 2018
Clostridium perfringens uses its large arsenal of protein toxins to produce histotoxic, neurologic and intestinal infections in humans and animals. The major toxins involved in diseases are alpha (CPA), beta (CPB), epsilon (ETX), iota (ITX), enterotoxin (
McClane, Bruce A, Navarro, Mauricio A, Uzal, Francisco A   +2 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, Lisa L. Dever, Alexandra Sonyey   +2 more
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Clostridium difficile infection: review [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus, which is widely distributed in the intestinal tract of humans and animals and in the environment. In the last decade, the frequency and severity of C. difficile infection has been increasing worldwide to become one of the most common hospital-acquired infections.
Jacek Czepiel, Mirosław Dróżdż, Hanna Pituch, Ed J. Kuijper, William Perucki, Aleksandra Mielimonka, Sarah Goldman, Dorota Wultańska, Aleksander Garlicki, Grażyna Biesiada   +9 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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Clostridium sporogenes bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient

IDCases, 2019
Of the 200 Clostridium spp. known to exist, approximately 30 have been associated with human disease. Commonly found in soil, marine sediment and mammalian intestinal tracts, these gram-positive bacilli are known to cause infections ranging from ...
Waiel Abusnina, Mena Shehata, Emhemmid Karem, Zeynep Koc, Elie Khalil   +4 more
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Faecal microbiota transplantation : a regulatory hurdle? [PDF]

, 2017
During faecal microbiota transplantation, stool from a healthy donor is transplanted to treat a variety of dysbiosis-associated gut diseases. Competent authorities are faced with the challenge to provide adequate regulation.
De Spiegeleer, Bart, Janssens, Yorick, Verbeke, Frederick, Wynendaele, Evelien   +3 more
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