Clostridium difficile in Immunocompromised Hosts: A Review of Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Treatment, and Prevention

SL Revolinski, LS Munoz-Price - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Clostridium difficile is a significant pathogen in healthcare today, impacting both hospitalized
and community-based patients. Immunocompromised patients experience a high incidence …

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 …

Management of Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) in solid organ transplant recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of …

KM Mullane, ER Dubberke… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
These updated guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases
Community of Practice address the prevention and management of Clostridium difficile …

Incidence and outcomes associated with clostridioides difficile infection in solid organ transplant recipients

SM Hosseini-Moghaddam, B Luo, SE Bota… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about the incidence and outcomes ofClostridioides
difficileinfection (CDI) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Objective To estimate the …

[HTML][HTML] Early postoperative complications in lung transplant recipients

V Soetanto, US Grewal, AC Mehta, P Shah… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Lung transplantation has become an established therapy for end-stage lung diseases. Early
postoperative complications can impact immediate, mid-term, and long-term outcomes …

A joint program of antimicrobial stewardship and hospital-acquired infection control to reduce healthcare-associated infections after kidney transplantation: the …

JT Silva, J Montoro, MAPJ Asín… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Infection is a common complication in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The usefulness of
antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) and hospital-acquired infection control (HAIC) …

[HTML][HTML] Clostridioides difficile Infection in Patients after Organ Transplantation—A Narrative Overview

S Dudzicz-Gojowy, A Więcek, M Adamczak - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common causes of antibiotic-
associated diarrhea. The pathogenesis of this infection participates in the unstable …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-institutional cohort study confirming the risks of Clostridium difficile infection associated with prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis

KA Kirkwood, BC Gulack, A Iribarne… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have increased
rapidly over the past 2 decades, particularly in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities …

[HTML][HTML] Gut Microbiome in Patients after Heart Transplantation—Current State of Knowledge

K Olek, AA Kuczaj, S Warwas, T Hrapkowicz… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human gut microbiota include over 10 trillion microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi,
viruses, archaea, and protozoa. Many reports indicate the strong correlation between …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Literature Review on Risk Factors for and Timing of Clostridioides difficile Infection in the United States

J Eeuwijk, G Ferreira, JP Yarzabal - Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2024 - Springer
Methods We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) of MEDLINE (using PubMed)
and EMBASE for relevant articles published between January 1, 2016, and November 11 …