New treatment approaches for Clostridioides difficile infections: alternatives to antibiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation

T Bratkovič, A Zahirović, M Bizjak, M Rupnik… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridioides difficile causes a range of debilitating intestinal symptoms that may be fatal. It
is particularly problematic as a hospital-acquired infection, causing significant costs to the …

Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection: Current Clinical Management and Microbiome-Based Therapies

P Berry, S Khanna - BioDrugs, 2023 - Springer
Clostridioides difficile is one of the most important causes of healthcare-associated diarrhea.
The high incidence and recurrence rates of C. difficile infection, as well as its associated …

Application of Microbiome Management in Therapy for Clostridioides difficile Infections: From Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Probiotics to Microbiota-Preserving …

CW Chiu, PJ Tsai, CC Lee, WC Ko, YP Hung - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oral vancomycin and metronidazole, though they are the therapeutic choice for
Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), also markedly disturb microbiota, leading to a …

Faecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridioides difficile: mechanisms and pharmacology

A Khoruts, C Staley, MJ Sadowsky - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has emerged as a remarkably successful treatment
for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection that cannot be cured with antibiotics alone …

Fecal microbiota transplantation: a review on current formulations in Clostridioides difficile infection and future outlooks

A Rakotonirina, T Galperine… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The role of the gut microbiota in health and the pathogenesis of several
diseases has been highlighted in recent years. Even though the precise mechanisms …

Effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplant for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile diarrhea: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

RÁ Pomares Bascuñana, V Veses… - Letters in Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Clostridioides difficile is a major cause of health‐care related infections and antibiotic‐
associated diarrhea. High recurrence rates following antibiotic treatment, along with the …

The future of faecal transplants

EM Giles, GL D'Adamo, SC Forster - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is now accepted as an effective treatment for
Clostridioides difficile infections. With the increasing number of FMT treatments and clinical …

Consider new therapies for the treatment and prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection

C Fenton, C Kang - Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, 2023 - Springer
New therapies to treat and prevent Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are needed. CDI
requires antibiotic therapy, but this can disrupt gut microbiomes and increase susceptibility …

Fecal microbiota transplantation: a new standard treatment option for Clostridium difficile infection

TJ Borody, LJ Brandt, S Paramsothy… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
While anti-C. difficile antibiotics theoretically target clostridial species, in relapsing CDI they
often fail to eradicate the organism because of the presence of resistant spores. Such …

Clostridioides difficile therapeutics: guidelines and beyond

R Orenstein, RL Patron - Therapeutic Advances in Infectious …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has become an increasingly common infection both
within and outside of the hospital setting. The management of this infection has been …