Clostridium difficile ribotype 017 – characterization, evolution and epidemiology of the dominant strain in Asia

K Imwattana, DR Knight, B Kullin… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridium difficile ribotype (RT) 017 is an important toxigenic C. difficile RT which, due to a
deletion in the repetitive region of the tcdA gene, only produces functional toxin B. Strains …

Genomic Delineation of Zoonotic Origins of Clostridium difficile

DR Knight, TV Riley - Frontiers in public health, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clostridium difficile is toxin-producing antimicrobial resistant (AMR) enteropathogen
historically associated with diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalized patients …

Evolutionary and Genomic Insights into Clostridioides difficile Sequence Type 11: a Diverse Zoonotic and Antimicrobial-Resistant Lineage of Global One Health …

DR Knight, B Kullin, GO Androga, F Barbut, C Eckert… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridioides difficile (Clostridium difficile) sequence type 11 (ST11) is well established in
production animal populations worldwide and contributes considerably to the global burden …

Global prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in 17,148 food samples from 2009 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Borji, S Kadivarian, S Dashtbin, S Kooti… - Journal of Health …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is an important infectious
pathogen, which causes mild-to-severe gastrointestinal infections by creating resistant …

The Environment, Farm Animals and Foods as Sources of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Humans

D Bolton, P Marcos - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent discovery of the same Clostridioides difficile ribotypes associated with human
infection in a broad range of environments, animals and foods, coupled with an ever …

Update on Commonly Used Molecular Typing Methods for Clostridioides difficile

A Abad-Fau, E Sevilla, I Martín-Burriel, B Moreno… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the significant Clostridioides
difficile molecular typing techniques currently employed in research and medical …

Clostridioides difficile in Foods with Animal Origins; Prevalence, Toxigenic Genes, Ribotyping Profile, and Antimicrobial Resistance

H Bacheno, M Ahmadi, F Fazeli… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Clostridioides difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen and is considered as a reason of
diarrhea and gastrointestinal infections. As a majority of community‐originated C. difficile …

Clostridioides difficile epidemiology in the Middle and the Far East

M Brajerova, J Zikova, M Krutova - Anaerobe, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Clostridioides difficile is an important pathogen of healthcare-associated
gastrointestinal infections. Recently, an increased number of C. difficile infection (CDI) …

Clostridioides difficile in food and food products of animal origin in Assam, India

R Hazarika, H Sarmah, MK Doley, DP Saikia… - Anaerobe, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Considering the paucity of information about food-associated Clostridioides
difficile from India, a study was undertaken to establish the prevalence of C. difficile in a …

Clostridioides difficile in Food-Producing Animals in Romania: First Study on the Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance

C Beres, L Colobatiu, A Tabaran, R Mihaiu, C Iuhas… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
At present, the epidemiology of the gastrointestinal disease caused by Clostridioides difficile
(C. difficile) is starting to be slowly elucidated internationally, although information about the …