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• Clostridium difficile infection associated with pig farms

  Authors:Elisabeth C. Keessen, Celine Harmanus, Wietske Dohmen, Ed.J. Kuijper, and Len J.A. LipmanFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 19, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20131,078 words Letter to the editor... 1350LTo the Editor: Clostridium difficile of PCR ribotype 078 causes enteric disease in humans and pigs (1,2); a recent pan-European study revealed that this type was the third most frequently found type of C. difficile (1)....

• Clostridium difficile in ground meat, France

  Authors:Sylvie Bouttier, Marie-Claude Barc, Benjamin Felix, Sylvie Lambert, Anne Collignon, and Frederic BarbutFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20101,163 words Letter to the editor 1440LTo the Editor: Clostridium difficile is a toxigenic enteropathogen responsible for 15%-20% of antimicrobial drug-associated diarrhea and for almost all cases of pseudomembranous colitis. Two protein toxins (TcdA and...

• Surveillance tightened in C. difficile fight

  From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 32) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 18, 2007124 words Brief article 1320LA new web-based monitoring system introduced this month will allow trusts to identify Clostridium difficile bacterium hotspots. The system, announced last week by England's chief nursing officer Chris Beasley, means...

• Fluoroquinolones and risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Canada

  Authors:Louiselle LeBlanc, Jacques Pepin, Krystel Toulouse, Marie-France Ouellette, Marie-Andree Coulombe, Marie-Pier Corriveau, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 12, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20063,789 words Disease/Disorder ove... 1680LReceipt of fluoroquinolones was the predominant risk factor for Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) during an epidemic in Quebec, Canada. To determine the role of antimicrobial drugs in facilitating...

• Development of Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) for Clostridium difficile

  Authors:Luisa De Sordi, M. Adil Butt, Hayley Pye, Darina Kohoutova, Charles A. Mosse, Gokhan Yahioglu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 27, 20157,787 words Report 1600LBackground Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and pseudo membranous colitis in the developed world. The aim of this study was to explore whether Photodynamic Antimicrobial...

• A mathematical model of Clostridium difficile transmission in medical wards and a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing different strategies for laboratory diagnosis and patient isolation

  Authors:Vered Schechner, Yehuda Carmeli, and Moshe LeshnoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20175,100 words Article 1420LBackground Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common and potentially fatal healthcare-associated infection. Improving diagnostic tests and infection control measures may prevent transmission. We aimed to...

• Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolates from two Korean hospitals

  Authors:Asiimwe Nicholas, Yu Kyung Kim, Won-Kil Lee, Gati Noble Selasi, Seok Hyeon Na, Hyo Il Kwon, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 29, 20175,972 words Report 1380LClostridium difficile is one of the main etiological agents causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. This study investigated the genetic diversity of 70 toxigenic C. difficile isolates from two Korean hospitals by...

• The chemical weapon that helps bacterium wreak havoc in the gut

  From:Nature (Vol. 561, Issue 7723) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2018247 words Brief article 1550LMicrobe's attack on the competition allows it to overrun the intestinal tract after antibiotic treatment. Microbe's attack on the competition allows it to overrun the intestinal tract after antibiotic treatment....

• Faecalibacterium prausnitzii increases following fecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

  Authors:Olle Björkqvist, Ignacio Rangel, Lena Serrander, Cecilia Magnusson, Jonas Halfvarson, Torbjörn Norén, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 9, 20215,094 words Report 1480LObjective Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). However, the fecal transplant's causal components translating into clearance of the CDI are...

• Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Clostridium difficile among hospitalized diarrheal patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Authors:Tebelay Dilnessa, Alem Getaneh, Workagegnehu Hailu, Feleke Moges, and Baye GelawFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 13, 20226,565 words Report 1310LBackground Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea that develops in patients after hospitalization during antibiotic administration. It has also become a big issue in community-acquired...

• Influence of L-lactate and low glucose concentrations on the metabolism and the toxin formation of Clostridioides difficile.

  Authors:Julia Danielle Hofmann, Rebekka Biedendieck, Annika-Marisa Michel, Dietmar Schomburg, Dieter Jahn, and Meina Neumann-SchaalFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 7, 20218,524 words Report 1490LThe virulence of Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) is mainly caused by its two toxins A and B. Their formation is significantly regulated by metabolic processes. Here we investigated the influence...

• Health care associated Clostridioides difficile infection and colonization in patients admitted at tertiary care hospital Pakistan.

  Authors:Abeera Ahmed, Aamer Ikram, Nargis Sabir, Gohar Zaman, Adeel Gardeezi, and Luqman SattiFrom:Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (Vol. 72, Issue 4)

  Apr. 30, 20222,786 words Report 1580LByline: Abeera Ahmed, Aamer Ikram, Nargis Sabir, Gohar Zaman, Adeel Gardeezi and Luqman Satti Keywords: Clostridioides difficile, Clostridium difficile, Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, Hospitalized elderly patients,...

• Fecal microbiota transplantation: a new standard treatment option for Clostridium difficile infection

  Authors:Thomas J. Borody, Lawrence J. Brandt, Sudarshan Paramsothy, and Gaurav AgrawalFrom:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (Vol. 11, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20132,229 words Report 1580LAuthor(s): Thomas J Borody [*] 1 , Lawrence J Brandt 2 , Sudarshan Paramsothy 3 , Gaurav Agrawal 4 Keywords : antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; fecal; microbiota; probiotics; transplantation The last 20...

• Clostridium difficile outbreak caused by NAP1/BI/027 strain and non-027 strains in a Mexican hospital

  Authors:Rayo Morfin-Otero, Elvira Garza-Gonzalez, Sara A. Aguirre-Diaz, Rodrigo Escobedo-Sanchez, Sergio Esparza-Ahumada, Hector R. Perez-Gomez, et al.From:The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 20163,909 words Report 1920LBackground: Clostridium difficile infections caused by the NAP1/B1/027 strain are more severe, difficult to treat, and frequently associated with relapses. Methods: A case-control study was designed to examine a C....

• Modeling the Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor [gamma] and MicroRNA-146 in Mucosal Immune Responses to Clostridium difficile

  Authors:Monica Viladomiu, Raquel Hontecillas, Mireia Pedragosa, Adria Carbo, Stefan Hoops, Pawel Michalak, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 11, 20127,035 words Report 1510LAuthor(s): Monica Viladomiu 1 , 2 , Raquel Hontecillas 1 , 2 , Mireia Pedragosa 1 , 2 , Adria Carbo 1 , 2 , Stefan Hoops 1 , 2 , Pawel Michalak 4 , 5 , Katarzyna Michalak 4 , Richard L. Guerrant 2 , 3 , James K. Roche 2...

• Antimicrobial susceptibility of Brazilian Clostridium difficile strains determined by agar dilution and disk diffusion

  Authors:Edmir Geraldo Fraga, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo, and Jorge Luiz Mello SampaioFrom:The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 20, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  September-October 20163,391 words Report 1570LClostridium difficile is a leading cause of diarrhea in hospitalized patients worldwide. While metronidazole and vancomycin are the most prescribed antibiotics for the treatment of this infection, teicoplanin,...

• Avoid Clostridium difficile testing in infants

  Author:Bruce JancinFrom:Family Practice News (Vol. 43, Issue 15)

  Sept. 15, 2013892 words Report 1320LVAIL, COLO. -- The worldly private eye in many a film noir has cautioned a potential client, "It's best not to ask questions you'd rather not know the answer to." That warning is apt as well when it comes to...

• Attributing cause of deaths for patients with Clostridium difficile infection

  Authors:Rodica Gilca, Charles Frenette, Nathanaelle Theriault, Elise Fortin, and Jasmin VilleneuveFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 18, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2012506 words Letter to the editor 1400LTo the Editor: Hota et al. report that for deceased patients who had Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), agreement is poor between causes of death reported on death certificates and those categorized by a review...

• CDC calls for better antibiotic stewardship to combat C. difficile-associated mortality

  Author:Fred GebhartFrom:Formulary (Vol. 47, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2012737 words Article 1400LAlthough infection rates for most hospital-acquired infections are on the decline, rates for Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea continue to climb and now account for about 14,000 deaths annually in the United...

• Impact of Clostridium difficile on inflammatory bowel disease

  Authors:Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan and David G BinionFrom:Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Vol. 4, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 201010,290 words Report 1400LAuthor(s): Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan 1 , David G Binion [[dagger]] 2 Keywords : Clostridium difficile; Crohn'âs disease; inflammatory bowel disease; metronidazole; ulcerative colitis; vancomycin Clostridium...