Recent epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Japan

Y Yamagishi, H Mikamo - The Japanese journal of antibiotics, 2015 - europepmc.org
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a major pathogen for diarrhea in hospitalized patients and
because of outbreak of highly virulent strain in EU and US, increased length of hospital stay …

Overview of Clostridium difficile infection: implications for China

X Chen, JT Lamont - Gastroenterology report, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have dramatically
increased in the Western world in recent years. In contrast, CDI is rarely reported in China …

Seek and you shall find: prevalence of Clostridium difficile in Wuhan, China

J Galaydick, Y Xu, L Sun, E Landon, SG Weber… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•We studied the prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in Wuhan,
China.•Overall prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in 2 large tertiary care centers was …

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection burden in Japan: a multicenter prospective study

H Kato, M Senoh, H Honda, T Fukuda, Y Tagashira… - Anaerobe, 2019 - Elsevier
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is the leading cause of healthcare-associated infectious
diarrhea in the developed world. Retrospective studies have shown a lower incidence of C …

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection: A retrospective, case-control study in a tertiary care hospital in Japan

N Mori, Y Aoki - Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2015 - Elsevier
The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has changed in the past decade.
The incidence, prevalence, and severity of community-acquired CDI (CA-CDI) have …

Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in Asian countries

N Ekma, LY Yee, RA Aziz - Reviews and Research in Medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Clostridium difficile is an important pathogen that causes secondary infection after the
administration of antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial infection. This bacterium can cause …

The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in Japan: A Systematic Review

TV Riley, T Kimura - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2018 - Springer
To increase understanding of the epidemiology, risks, consequences and resource
utilization of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Japan, a systematic literature review was …

Risk factors of Clostridium difficile infections among patients in a university hospital in Shanghai, China

H Huang, S Wu, R Chen, S Xu, H Fang, A Weintraub… - Anaerobe, 2014 - Elsevier
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an increasing concern in China. However, the risk
factors of CDI are rarely reported in the Chinese population. A prospective observational …

Increase of Clostridium difficile in community; another worrisome burden for public health

김영아, 임정훈, 최민혁, 김희정, 이경원 - 2016 - ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr
Background: Increasing rates of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have been reported
mainly in Europe and North America; however, only limited reports have originated in Korea …

The emergence of Clostridium difficile infection in Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence and impact

NZ Borren, S Ghadermarzi, S Hutfless… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common healthcare associated
infection and is highly prevalent in Europe and North America. Limited data is available on …