Clostridioides difficile infection: history, epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, clinical manifestations, treatment, and future options

S Di Bella, G Sanson, J Monticelli… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the major issues in nosocomial infections.
This bacterium is constantly evolving and poses complex challenges for clinicians, often …

[HTML][HTML] Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Patients Treated with Systemic Antibiotic Therapy: A …

AE Maraolo, M Mazzitelli, E Zappulo, R Scotto… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is associated with substantial morbidity
and mortality as well as high propensity of recurrence. Systemic antibiotic therapy (SAT) …

[HTML][HTML] Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI): A pan-European multi-center cost and resource utilization study, results from the Combatting Bacterial Resistance in …

SM Wingen-Heimann, K Davies, VF Viprey… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the leading nosocomial infections
worldwide, resulting in a significantly increasing burden on the healthcare systems …

[HTML][HTML] A phase 3 study evaluating the lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a Clostridioides difficile vaccine in healthy adults 65 to 85 years of …

S Christensen, S Bouguermouh, K Ilangovan… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A toxoid-based Clostridioides difficile vaccine is currently in development. Here,
we report lot-to-lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of 3 C difficile …

How can patients with Clostridioides difficile infection on concomitant antibiotic treatment be best managed?

F Fitzpatrick, N Safdar, J van Prehn… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Antibiotics are modifiable risk factors for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), driving
pathogenesis via gut microbiome disruption. The management of patients with CDI …

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 …

Probiotics: insights and new opportunities for Clostridioides difficile intervention

R Pal, AIM Athamneh, R Deshpande… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a life-threatening disease caused by the Gram-
positive, opportunistic intestinal pathogen C. difficile. Despite the availability of antimicrobial …

Microbial ecology between Clostridioides difficile and gut microbiota

S Kamiya - Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Clostridioides difficile colonizes a polymicrobial environment in the intestine and is a
causative agent for antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and pseudomembranous colitis …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccines for healthcare associated infections without vaccine prevention to date

GB Amandine, J Gagnaire, C Pelissier, B Philippe… - Vaccine: X, 2022 - Elsevier
In spite of the widespread implementation of preventive strategies, the prevalence of
healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remains high. The prevalence of multidrug resistant …

Diluted fecal community transplant restores Clostridioides difficile colonization resistance to antibiotic-perturbed murine communities

NA Lesniak, S Tomkovich, A Henry, A Taylor, J Colovas… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fecal communities transplanted into individuals can eliminate recurrent Clostridioides
difficile infection (CDI) with high efficacy. However, this treatment is only used once CDI …