Highly virulent strains of Clostridium difficile have emerged since 2003, causing large
outbreaks of severe, often fatal, colitis in North America and Europe. In 2008–10, virulent …

Clostridium difficile: changing epidemiology and new treatme... : Current Opinion in
Infectious Diseases Clostridium difficile: changing epidemiology and new treatment options …

Clostridium difficile is well known as the most common cause of nosocomial infections in
human patients. In recent years a change in epidemiology towards an increase in incidence …

A study of Clostridium difficile diversity in pigs, calves and horses in Slovenia was
conducted. A total of 547 samples were collected and C. difficile was isolated from 247/485 …

We encountered 34 Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) cases among
Thoroughbred horses in Japan from 2010 to 2021. Among them, 79.4%(27/34) either died or …

Horse is a hindgut fermenter, ie most microbial activities take place in the large intestine
which constitutes approximately 60 per cent of the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT). The feed …

This narrative review summarizes literature on C. difficile and C. difficile infections (CDI) that
emerged from Latin America (LA) between 1984 and 2021. The revised information includes …

Clostridium difficile is a unique pathogen that often predominates in the bowel microflora as
a result of the microbial compositional changes following antibiotic treatment. The hospital …

Reasons for performing the study Toxin detection and screening could contribute to
knowledge of the transmission patterns, risk factors and epidemiology of C lostridium difficile …

Fecal samples were collected to establish the apparent prevalence of Clostridium difficile
shedding in Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses housed at 4 racetracks and 2 …