Clostridioides difficile Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment Challenges

JE Markantonis, JT Fallon, R Madan, MZ Alam - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile is the most important cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea in the
United States. The high incidence and recurrence rates of C. difficile infection (CDI) …

Detection and Genomic Characterisation of Clostridioides difficile from Spinach Fields

P Marcos, P Whyte, C Burgess, D Ekhlas, D Bolton - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite an increased incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections, data on the reservoirs
and dissemination routes of this bacterium are limited. This study examined the prevalence …

In vivo evaluation of Clostridioides difficile enoyl-ACP reductase II (FabK) inhibition by phenylimidazole unveils a promising narrow-spectrum antimicrobial strategy

C Dureja, JT Rutherford, FBA Pavel… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea, which
often stems from disruption of the gut microbiota by broad-spectrum antibiotics. The …

Clostridioides difficile spores tolerate disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant and remain viable within surgical scrubs and gown fabrics

H Ahmed, LT Joshi - Microbiology, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Clostridioides difficile is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea globally.
Its spores have been implicated in the prevalence of C. difficile infection due to their …

Relevance of the Adjuvant Effect between Cellular Homeostasis and Resistance to Antibiotics in Gram-Negative Bacteria with Pathogenic Capacity: A Study of …

MA Rivera-Galindo, F Aguirre-Garrido, U Garza-Ramos… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance has become a global issue. The most significant risk is the acquisition
of these mechanisms by pathogenic bacteria, which can have a severe clinical impact and …

Genetic determinants of resistance to antimicrobial therapeutics are rare in publicly available Clostridioides difficile genome sequences

B Kolte, U Nübel - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To determine the frequencies and clonal distributions of putative genetic
determinants of resistance to antimicrobials applied for treatment of Clostridioides difficile …

Antimicrobial Resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Children from a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital in Shanghai, China

X Li, Y Wang, R Cao, F Xiao, X Wang, L Ye… - Infection and Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Our previous study reported a high rate of recurrence in children with
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) after conventional antibiotic therapy. Here …

Antimicrobial susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile varies according to European region and isolate source

J Freeman, V Viprey, D Ewin, W Spittal… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Clostridioides difficile epidemiology is evolving with country-associated emerging
and resistant ribotypes (RT). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of C. difficile isolated from …

Antibacterial activity of ibezapolstat against antimicrobial-resistant clinical strains of Clostridioides difficile

E Bassères, TA Eubank, K Begum… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance is emerging in clinical strains of Clostridioides difficile. Ibezapolstat
(IBZ) is a DNA polymerase IIIC inhibitor that has completed phase II clinical trials. IBZ has …

Non-Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strain E4 (NTCD-E4) Prevents Establishment of Primary C. difficile Infection by Epidemic PCR Ribotype 027 in an In Vitro …

P Etifa, C Rodríguez, C Harmanus, IMJG Sanders… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a significant healthcare burden. Non-toxigenic
C. difficile (NTCD) strains have shown a benefit in preventing porcine enteritis and in human …