Novel therapeutic strategies for Clostridium difficile infections

CM Ünal, M Steinert - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
difficile infection (CDI) relies on the antibiotics vancomycin, … difficile, evaluate their potential
as alternative drug targets, … the aim of pointing out possibilities for future treatment strategies. …

Advances in Therapeutic Strategies for the Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection

A Vitiello, M Sabbatucci, A Zovi, A Salzano… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
difficile are available, and alternative therapeutic strategies must be implemented. In particular,
new therapeutics … Innovative therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to protect the …

Clostridium difficile Infection: Update on Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Treatment Strategies

KB To, LM Napolitano - Surgical infections, 2014 - liebertpub.com
… CDI whose infections did not respond to standard therapies. A report of seven cases
confirmed that six of the seven patients were treated successfully with tigecycline therapy with …

Clostridium difficile infection: management strategies for a difficult disease

S Khanna, DS Pardi - Therapeutic advances in …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
difficile infection (CDI) is now among the most common causes of hospital-acquired
infection along with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant …

Therapeutic Approaches for Clostridium difficile Infections

JW Marsh, SR Curry - Current protocols in microbiology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… vancomycin remain the front-line therapies for most Clostridium difficile infections (CDI).
However, … difficile and prevent primary and/or recurrent CDI. This therapeutic strategy is currently …

Treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: old therapies and new strategies

S Aslam, RJ Hamill, DM Musher - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2005 - thelancet.com
… other therapeuticinfection due to the original infecting organism or infection by a new
strain. Poor antibody responses to C difficile toxins have a permissive role in recurrent infection

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection: current and alternative therapeutic strategies

F Gil, IL Calderón, JA Fuentes… - Future …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… of infections, more effective therapies against C. difficile are needed but, at the same time,
these therapiesdifficile infection, a summary of current therapies and those in developmental …

Breakthroughs in the treatment and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection

LK Kociolek, DN Gerding - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2016 - nature.com
… As traditional, standard CDI antibiotic therapies (metronidazole and vancomycin) are limited
… rates, novel therapeutic strategies for CDI are needed. Emerging CDI therapies are focused …

Clostridium difficile infection in the elderly: an update on management

TE Asempa, DP Nicolau - Clinical interventions in aging, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Citation59 Antibodies are poised to become an essential therapeutic strategy in the
management of CDI and bezlotoxumab represents a significant advancement. However, like most …

Novel therapies and preventative strategies for primary and recurrent Clostridium difficile infections

MG Dieterle, K Rao, VB Young - … of the New York Academy of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
difficile is the leading infectious cause of antibiotic‐associated diarrhea and colitis. C. difficile
infection (… infections yearly and an approximate 20% recurrence risk after successful initial …