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 …

Regulation of Clostridioides difficile toxin production

A Majumdar, R Govind - Current opinion in microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Clostridioides difficile produces the toxins TcdA and TcdB, which are directly
linked to diease severity.•Toxin gene expression is influenced by a number of positive and …

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 …

Final results from a phase 2b randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of RBX2660: a microbiota-based drug for the prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile …

ER Dubberke, R Orenstein, S Khanna… - Infectious Diseases and …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Effective treatments for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) are
urgently needed. RBX2660 is an investigational microbiota-based live biotherapeutic to …

Oral fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

S Tashiro, T Mihara, M Sasaki, C Shimamura… - Journal of Infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Fidaxomicin (FDX) has received considerable attention as a novel therapeutic
alternative agent to vancomycin (VCM) for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). However …

The Urgent Threat of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Glimpse of the Drugs of the Future, with Related Patents and Prospects

AS Alshrari, SA Hudu, F Elmigdadi, M Imran - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an urgent threat and unmet medical need. The
current treatments for CDI are not enough to fight the burden of CDI and recurrent CDI (r …

[HTML][HTML] Application of recombinant antibodies for treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection: Current status and future perspective

H Raeisi, M Azimirad, A Nabavi-Rad… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile), known as the major cause of antibiotic-associated
diarrhea, is regarded as one of the most common healthcare-associated bacterial infections …

Fecal microbiota transplantation: a review on current formulations in Clostridioides difficile infection and future outlooks

A Rakotonirina, T Galperine… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The role of the gut microbiota in health and the pathogenesis of several
diseases has been highlighted in recent years. Even though the precise mechanisms …

Diarrhea during critical illness: a multicenter cohort study

JC Dionne, L Mbuagbaw, JW Devlin, MS Duprey… - Intensive Care …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To study the incidence, predictors, and outcomes of diarrhea during the stay in the
intensive care unit (ICU). Methods Prospective cohort of consecutive adults in the ICU for> …

Therapeutics for Clostridioides difficile infection: molecules and microbes

S Khanna, E Voth - Expert Review of Gastroenterology & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major healthcare problem in the
developed world, and effective management of recurrent infection remains one of the …