[HTML][HTML] Microbiome-Related and Infection Control Approaches to Primary and Secondary Prevention of Clostridioides difficile Infections

LV McFarland, EJC Goldstein, R Kullar - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) have decreased in the past years, but since 2021,
some hospitals have reported an increase in CDI rates. CDI remains a global concern and …

[HTML][HTML] Application of Microbiome Management in Therapy for Clostridioides difficile Infections: From Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Probiotics to Microbiota …

CW Chiu, PJ Tsai, CC Lee, WC Ko, YP Hung - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oral vancomycin and metronidazole, though they are the therapeutic choice for
Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), also markedly disturb microbiota, leading to a …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the Role of Human Gut Microbiota in Clostridioides difficile Infection

M Kachrimanidou, E Tsintarakis - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has emerged as a major health problem worldwide. A
major risk factor for disease development is prior antibiotic use, which disrupts the normal …

[HTML][HTML] Colonization Resistance of the Gut Microbiota against Clostridium difficile

AE Pérez-Cobas, A Moya, MJ Gosalbes, A Latorre - Antibiotics, 2015 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics strongly disrupt the human gut microbiota, which in consequence loses its
colonization resistance capacity, allowing infection by opportunistic pathogens such as …

Prevention and treatment of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea by reconstitution of the microbiota

N Eliakim–Raz, J Bishara - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review summarizes the latest advances in treating and preventing Clostridium difficile
infection (CDI), the most common infectious disease cause of nosocomial diarrhea in adults …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiota and microbiota-based therapies for Clostridioides difficile infection

T Chopra, G Hecht, G Tillotson - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Clostridioides difficile infection poses significant clinical challenges due to its recurrent
nature. Current antibiotic management does not address the underlying issue, that of a …

Probiotics in Clostridium difficile infection: reviewing the need for a multistrain probiotic

M Hell, C Bernhofer, P Stalzer… - Beneficial …, 2013 - wageningenacademic.com
In the past two years an enormous amount of molecular, genetic, metabolomic and
mechanistic data on the host-bacterium interaction, a healthy gut microbiota and a possible …

Updating changes in human gut microbial communities associated with Clostridioides difficile infection

G Herrera, D Paredes-Sabja, MA Patarroyo… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Clostridioides difficile is the causative agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, a worldwide
public health problem. Different factors can promote the progression of C. difficile infection …

Advances in Infection Control for Clostridioides (Formerly Clostridium) difficile Infection

CE Figueroa Castro, LS Munoz-Price - Current Treatment Options in …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review We reviewed seminal papers and recently published articles discussing
multiple aspects of infection prevention applied to Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) …

The role of the gut microbiome in colonization resistance and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection

AM Seekatz, N Safdar… - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The species composition of the human gut microbiota is related to overall health, and a
healthy gut microbiome is crucial in maintaining colonization resistance against pathogens …