[HTML][HTML] Molecular typing and epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in respiratory care wards of central Taiwan

HL Wei, SH Wei, CW Huang, CH Shih… - … and Infection, 2015 - Elsevier
difficile infection (CDI) varies from asymptomatic carriage or mild diarrhea to severe colitis,
and it may lead to megacolon, … In summary, the baseline characteristics and prevalence for C. …

[HTML][HTML] Increased age and proton pump inhibitors are associated with severe Clostridium difficile infections in children

TH Chang, WY Hsu, TI Yang, CY Lu, PR Hsueh… - … and Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
… We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics between CDI and colonization and to identify
the … difficile was also low in Taiwan, ranging from 0% to 1.8%.30, 31 We believe that these …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing laboratory workflow for the diagnosis of Clostridiodes difficile infection in a medical center in Northern Taiwan

FC Chang, CP Liu, FJ Sun, CC Lin - … , Immunology and Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
… Formerly named Clostridium difficile, Clotridiodes difficile is a Gram-positive anaerobic …
poor sensitivity of toxin detection in our study may have been due to the characteristics of C. …

Clinical significance of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile growth in stool cultures during the era of nonculture methods for the diagnosis of C. difficile infection

CC Lee, JC Lee, CW Chiu, PJ Tsai, WC Ko… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… and Welfare, in southern Taiwan. Diarrheal adults with fecal glutamate dehydrogenase and
… TABLE 2 Laboratory characteristics and antimicrobial therapy in patients with Clostridioides …

Clostridioides difficile infection in the Asia-Pacific region

…, Clostridioides difficile Asia-Pacific Study … - … Microbes & Infections, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Taiwan, while RT 078 was isolated once from Taiwan and once from South Korea; QX 404
was isolated twice from the same hospital in Taiwan. … study exhibited characteristics typical of …

Prevalence and molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile isolates from a pig slaughterhouse, pork, and humans in Taiwan

YC Wu, CM Chen, CJ Kuo, JJ Lee, PC Chen… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
difficile ribotype 078 lineage emerged in patients and pigs in Taiwan. This study aimed to
investigate the prevalence and molecular characterization of C. …

[HTML][HTML] Alteration of gut microbial composition associated with the therapeutic efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in Clostridium difficile infection

PC Lee, TE Chang, YP Wang, KC Lee, YT Lin… - Journal of the Formosan …, 2022 - Elsevier
… suggest the success of FMT in treating adult patients with recurrent CDI 12 ; the changes of
… in Taiwan. Considering the autochthonous distinctness of microbial characteristics in each …

Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 emerges in Taiwan

TL Liao, CF Lin, CS Chiou, GH Shen… - … Journal of Infectious …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… in many countries but has not yet been reported or isolated in Taiwan previously. Here,
we present the characteristics of a case of C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 identified in Taiwan. …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections in a tertiary-care hospital in Korea

J Kim, JO Kang, H Kim, MR Seo, TY Choi, H Pai… - … and Infection, 2013 - Elsevier
… To survey healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HA-CDI) in a 900-bed tertiary-…
The reported rate in Taiwan was 42.6 per 100 000 patient-days [7], and in our hospital in …

2405. Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors for Extraintestinal Infection Caused by Clostridium difficile: An Analysis of 62 Consecutive Cases

H Chung, E Cho, S Bae, M Jae Kim… - … Forum Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has high incidence in the United States, but less so in
East Asian countries such as Taiwan. The reason for this is not understood, but microbial …