[HTML][HTML] Burden of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) - a systematic review of the epidemiology of primary and recurrent CDI

E Finn, FL Andersson, M Madin-Warburton - BMC infectious diseases, 2021 - Springer
Background Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium, which causes
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). It has been recognised as a leading cause of …

[PDF][PDF] Synthetic biology in the clinic: engineering vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics

X Tan, JH Letendre, JJ Collins, WW Wong - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Synthetic biology is a design-driven discipline centered on engineering novel biological
functions through the discovery, characterization, and repurposing of molecular parts …

[HTML][HTML] Strain-level characterization of broad host range mobile genetic elements transferring antibiotic resistance from the human microbiome

SC Forster, J Liu, N Kumar, EL Gulliver… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) carrying antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) disseminate
ARGs when they mobilise into new bacterial hosts. The nature of such horizontal gene …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering probiotics to inhibit Clostridioides difficile infection by dynamic regulation of intestinal metabolism

E Koh, IY Hwang, HL Lee, R De Sotto, JWJ Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) results in significant morbidity and mortality in
hospitalised patients. The pathogenesis of CDI is intrinsically related to the ability of C …

Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) of the human gut: design, assembly, and applications

PT van Leeuwen, S Brul, J Zhang… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The human gut harbors native microbial communities, forming a highly complex ecosystem.
Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) of the human gut are an assembly of …

Safety of fecal microbiota, live-jslm (REBYOTA) in individuals with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: data from five prospective clinical trials

C Lee, T Louie, L Bancke… - Therapeutic …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Microbiota-based treatments reduce the incidence of recurrent Clostridioides
difficile infections (rCDIs), but prospectively collected safety data needed to broaden patient …

[HTML][HTML] Infections in the elderly critically-ill patients

M Esme, A Topeli, BB Yavuz, M Akova - Frontiers in medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Infections are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the advanced aged. Various
factors including immunosenescens, comorbid chronic diseases, and alterations in normal …

Advancing therapeutics for recurrent clostridioides difficile infections: an overview of vowst's FDA approval and implications

N Jain, TP Umar, AF Fahner, V Gibietis - Gut Microbes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are a leading cause of healthcare-associated
infections with a high relapse rate. Current treatment guidelines recommend fidaxomicin as …

Health care resource utilization and costs of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the elderly: a real-world claims analysis

WW Nelson, TA Scott, M Boules, C Teigland… - Journal of Managed …, 2021 - jmcp.org
BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) affected an estimated 365,000
persons in the United States in 2017. Despite a nationally decreasing trend of CDI cases …

[HTML][HTML] Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on antimicrobial stewardship from 1990 to 2019

WM Sweileh - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommended the implementation of
antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in the clinical settings to minimize the development and …