Clinical practice guideline by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): 2021 focused update …

S Johnson, V Lavergne, AM Skinner… - Clinical infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This clinical practice guideline is a focused update on management of Clostridioides difficile
infection (CDI) in adults specifically addressing the use of fidaxomicin and bezlotoxumab for …

Synthetic glycans to improve current glycoconjugate vaccines and fight antimicrobial resistance

L Del Bino, KE Østerlid, DY Wu, F Nonne… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is emerging as the next potential pandemic. Different
microorganisms, including the bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, Clostridioides difficile …

SER-109, an Oral Microbiome Therapy for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

P Feuerstadt, TJ Louie, B Lashner… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Current therapies for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection do not address
the disrupted microbiome, which supports C. difficile spore germination into toxin-producing …

Burden and cost of gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases in the United States: update 2021

AF Peery, SD Crockett, CC Murphy, ET Jensen, HP Kim… - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Gastrointestinal diseases account for considerable health care use and
expenditures. We estimated the annual burden, costs, and research funding associated with …

Efficacy and safety of RBX2660 in PUNCH CD3, a phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a Bayesian primary analysis for the prevention of …

S Khanna, M Assi, C Lee, D Yoho, T Louie, W Knapple… - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, associated with dysbiosis of
gut microbiota, has substantial disease burden in the USA. RBX2660 is a live biotherapeutic …

Clostridioides difficile toxins: mechanisms of action and antitoxin therapeutics

SL Kordus, AK Thomas, DB Lacy - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive anaerobe that can cause a spectrum of disorders
that range in severity from mild diarrhoea to fulminant colitis and/or death. The bacterium …

VE303, a defined bacterial consortium, for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a randomized clinical trial

T Louie, Y Golan, S Khanna, D Bobilev, N Erpelding… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effect of rationally defined nonpathogenic, nontoxigenic, commensal strains
of Clostridia on prevention ofClostridioides difficileinfection (CDI) is unknown. Objective To …

Longitudinal genomic surveillance of carriage and transmission of Clostridioides difficile in an intensive care unit

A Miles-Jay, ES Snitkin, MY Lin, T Shimasaki… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Despite enhanced infection prevention efforts, Clostridioides difficile remains the leading
cause of healthcare-associated infections in the United States. Current prevention strategies …

Faecal microbiota transplantation for first or second Clostridioides difficile infection (EarlyFMT): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

SMD Baunwall, SE Andreasen, MM Hansen… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Clostridioides difficile infection is an urgent antibiotic-associated health threat
with few treatment options. Microbiota restoration with faecal microbiota transplantation is an …

ACG clinical guidelines: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections

CR Kelly, M Fischer, JR Allegretti… - Official journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clostridioides difficile infection occurs when the bacterium produces toxin that causes
diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. These guidelines indicate the preferred approach to …