Epidemiology of community-acquired and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection

Y Fu, Y Luo, AM Grinspan - Therapeutic advances in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Clostridioides difficile infection is a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections with
significant morbidity and mortality. For the past decade, the bulk of infection prevention and …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic stewardship in infectious diseases: a continuum of antimicrobial stewardship in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

J Zakhour, SF Haddad, A Kerbage, H Wertheim… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been exacerbated by the inappropriate use of
diagnostics, leading to excessive prescription of antimicrobials, and is an imminent threat to …

Safety and tolerability of SER-109 as an investigational microbiome therapeutic in adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a phase 3, open-label, single …

MD Sims, S Khanna, P Feuerstadt, TJ Louie… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A safe and effective treatment for recurrentClostridioides difficileinfection (CDI) is
urgently needed. Antibiotics kill toxin-producing bacteria but do not repair the disrupted …

Ultrasensitive and quantitative toxin measurement correlates with baseline severity, severe outcomes, and recurrence among hospitalized patients with Clostridioides …

CD Alonso, CP Kelly, KW Garey… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Stool toxin concentrations may impact Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)
severity and outcomes. We correlated fecal C difficile toxin concentrations, measured by an …

Clinical outcomes of treated and untreated C. difficile PCR-positive/toxin-negative adult hospitalized patients: a quasi-experimental noninferiority study

CA Hogan, MM Hitchcock, S Frost… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is routinely diagnosed by PCR, with or without toxin
enzyme immunoassay testing. The role of therapy for positive PCR and negative toxin …

Real-world evaluation of a two-step testing algorithm for Clostridioides difficile infection

MT Hecker, AH Son, P Zuccaro, J Conti… - Infection Control & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
During the 4 years after implementation of the 2-step Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)
testing algorithm, 70% to 78% of patients with suspected CDI and a positive nucleic acid …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in and risk factors for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA, 2015–2020

CM Okafor, P Clogher, D Olson, L Niccolai… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (RCDI) causes an increased burden on the
healthcare system. We calculated RCDI incidence and identified factors associated with …

Diagnostic stewardship in clinical microbiology, essential partner to antimicrobial stewardship

KV Sullivan - Clinical Chemistry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Diagnostic stewardship is an important partner to antimicrobial stewardship.
Content Diagnostic stewardship focuses on ensuring correct diagnosis of infectious …

Clostridioides difficile Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment Challenges

JE Markantonis, JT Fallon, R Madan, MZ Alam - Pathogens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile is the most important cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea in the
United States. The high incidence and recurrence rates of C. difficile infection (CDI) …

Virulence and genomic diversity among clinical isolates of ST1 (BI/NAP1/027) Clostridioides difficile

Q Dong, H Lin, MM Allen, JR Garneau, JK Sia… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Clostridioides difficile produces toxins that damage the colonic epithelium, causing colitis.
Variation in disease severity is poorly understood and has been attributed to host factors …