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Bacteriemia por Clostridium sordellii en paciente con neoplasia gastrointestinal. Reporte de caso y revisión de literatura

Infectio, 2020
Clostridium sordellii bacteriemia is infrequent and usually comes from infections of gynecological and puerperal etiology, with mortality near 70%. There are few tools for rapid and timely diagnosis.
Juan Bravo-Ojeda
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical site infections as a risk factor for infection with Clostridium difficile

PLoS ONE, 2017
Objective We aimed to measure the association between 2013 guideline concordant prophylactic antibiotic use prior to surgery and infection with Clostridium difficile.
A. Balch, A. Wendelboe, S. Vesely, D. Bratzler   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
Stephanie Hammond, Jennan A. Phillips
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A Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Vaccines as Prophylaxis for Clostridium difficile Infections

Vaccines, 2017
This review aims to evaluate the literature on the safety and efficacy of novel toxoid vaccines for the prophylaxis of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in healthy adults.
Mackenzie Henderson, A. Bragg, Germin Fahim, M. Shah, Evelyn R. Hermes-DeSantis   +4 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of Clostridium perfringens

Virulence, 2021
Clostridium perfringens is an extremely versatile pathogen of humans and livestock, causing wound infections like gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis), enteritis/enterocolitis (including one of the most common human food-borne illnesses), and ...
I. Mehdizadeh Gohari, Mauricio A. Navarro, Jihong Li, A. Shrestha, F. Uzal, Bruce A McClane   +5 more
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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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The Recent Emergence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Romanian Hospitals is Associated with a High Prevalence of Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotype 027

Balkan Medical Journal, 2018
Aims: To investigate the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Romanian hospitals. Methods: A survey was conducted at nine hospitals throughout Romania between November 2013 and February 2014.
Gabriel Adrian Popescu, Roxana Serban, Adriana Pistol, Andreea Niculcea, Daniela Lemeni, Ioana Sabina Macovei, Daniela Tălăpan, Alexandru Rafila, Dragoş Florea   +8 more
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Hypoalbuminemia as Surrogate and Culprit of Infections

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Hypoalbuminemia is associated with the acquisition and severity of infectious diseases, and intact innate and adaptive immune responses depend on albumin.
C. Wiedermann
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Detection and molecular characterization of Clostridium perfringens, Paeniclostridium sordellii and Clostridium septicum from lambs and goat kids with hemorrhagic abomasitis in Turkey

BMC Veterinary Research, 2023
Background The pathogenic Clostridia cause neurotoxic, histotoxic and enterotoxic infections in humans and animals. Several Clostridium species have been associated with abomasitis in ruminants.
Hakan Kalender, Hasan Öngör, Necati Timurkaan, Burcu Karagülle, Burak Karabulut, Canan Akdeniz İncili, Hatip Enfal Başar, Elif Ekinci, Aydın Çevik, Eray Atıl, Burhan Çetinkaya   +10 more
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Defining the Roles of TcdA and TcdB in Localized Gastrointestinal Disease, Systemic Organ Damage, and the Host Response during Clostridium difficile Infections

mBio, 2015
Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, a significant animal pathogen, and a worldwide public health burden. Most disease-causing strains secrete two exotoxins, TcdA and TcdB, which are considered to be the primary ...
G. Carter, Anjana Chakravorty, Tu Anh Pham Nguyen, Steven J. Mileto, F. Schreiber, Lucy Li, P. Howarth, S. Clare, Bliss A. Cunningham, S. Sambol, Adam K Cheknis, I. Figueroa, Stuart Johnson, D. Gerding, J. Rood, G. Dougan, T. Lawley, D. Lyras   +17 more
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