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 …

Clostridium difficile infection: epidemiology, diagnosis and understanding transmission

JSH Martin, TM Monaghan, MH Wilcox - … reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2016 - nature.com
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to affect patients in hospitals and communities
worldwide. The spectrum of clinical disease ranges from mild diarrhoea to toxic megacolon …

Trends in US Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Outcomes

AY Guh, Y Mu, LG Winston, H Johnston… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Efforts to prevent Clostridioides difficile infection continue to expand
across the health care spectrum in the United States. Whether these efforts are reducing the …

Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

MH Wilcox, DN Gerding, IR Poxton… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in
hospitalized patients. Recurrences are common after antibiotic therapy. Actoxumab and …

Dietary trehalose enhances virulence of epidemic Clostridium difficile

J Collins, C Robinson, H Danhof, CW Knetsch… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Clostridium difficile disease has recently increased to become a dominant nosocomial
pathogen in North America and Europe, although little is known about what has driven this …

Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B: Insights into Pathogenic Properties and Extraintestinal Effects

S Di Bella, P Ascenzi, S Siarakas, N Petrosillo… - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has significant clinical impact especially on the elderly
and/or immunocompromised patients. The pathogenicity of Clostridium difficile is mainly …

Diversity and evolution in the genome of Clostridium difficile

DR Knight, B Elliott, BJ Chang… - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of antimicrobial and health care-
associated diarrhea in humans, presenting a significant burden to global health care …

Defining the roles of TcdA and TcdB in localized gastrointestinal disease, systemic organ damage, and the host response during Clostridium difficile infections

GP Carter, A Chakravorty, TA Pham Nguyen, S Mileto… - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile

K O'Grady, DR Knight, TV Riley - European Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Clostridioides difficile remains a significant threat to global
healthcare systems, not just for the treatment of C. difficile infection (CDI), but as a reservoir …

Insights into the Evolving Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Treatment: A Global Perspective

C Liu, T Monaghan, A Yadegar, T Louie, D Kao - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile remains an important public health threat, globally. Since the
emergence of the hypervirulent strain, ribotype 027, new strains have been reported to …