Clostridium difficile infection

J Czepiel, M Dróżdż, H Pituch, EJ Kuijper… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Clostridium difficile infection

WK Smits, D Lyras, DB Lacy, MH Wilcox… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Infection of the colon with the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium difficile is potentially life
threatening, especially in elderly people and in patients who have dysbiosis of the gut …

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for …

LC McDonald, DN Gerding, S Johnson… - Clinical infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Triptolide (TP), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been reported to be effective in the
treatment of autoimmune diseases and exerting antineoplastic activity in several human …

Clostridium difficile Infection

DA Leffler, JT Lamont - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
This article reviews the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this
nosocomial and potentially fatal infectious diarrhea, as well as the associated risk factors …

Anti–PD-1–related pneumonitis during cancer immunotherapy

M Nishino, LM Sholl, H Hatabu… - New England Journal …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Anti–PD-1–Related Pneumonitis during Cancer Immunotherapy | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

Clostridium difficile – From Colonization to Infection

H Schaeffler, A Breitrueck - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Clostridium difficile is the most frequent cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
The incidence of C. difficile infection (CDI) has been rising worldwide with subsequent …

Clostridium difficile infection: an epidemiology update

AC De Roo, SE Regenbogen - Clinics in colon and rectal …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Clostridium (reclassified as “Clostridioides”) difficile infection (CDI) is a healthcare-
associated infection and significant source of potentially preventable morbidity, recurrence …

Updated meta-analysis of controlled observational studies: proton-pump inhibitors and risk of Clostridium difficile infection

F Cao, CX Chen, M Wang, HR Liao, MX Wang… - Journal of Hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Attention has recently been directed toward a plausible link between Clostridium difficile
infection (CDI) and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). However, the results of studies on the …

Risk Factors for Primary Clostridium difficile Infection; Results From the Observational Study of Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients …

K Davies, J Lawrence, C Berry, G Davis, H Yu… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: There are inconsistent data on the risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection
(CDI) in the literature. Aims: To use two C. difficile infection (CDI) case-control study groups …

Assessing the risk of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection with proton pump inhibitor use: a meta-analysis

V Arriola, J Tischendorf, J Musuuza… - infection control & …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BACKGROUNDClostridium difficile is the principal infectious cause of antibiotic-associated
diarrhea and accounts for 12% of hospital-acquired infections. Recent literature has shown …