Insights into the Evolving Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection and Treatment: A Global Perspective

C Liu, T Monaghan, A Yadegar, T Louie, D Kao - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile remains an important public health threat, globally. Since the
emergence of the hypervirulent strain, ribotype 027, new strains have been reported to …

Management of Clostridioides difficile infection in adults and challenges in clinical practice: review and comparison of current IDSA/SHEA, ESCMID and ASID …

EJ Bishop, R Tiruvoipati - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a significant clinical challenge both in the
management of severe and severe-complicated disease and the prevention of recurrence …

ACG clinical guidelines: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections

CR Kelly, M Fischer, JR Allegretti… - Official journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clostridioides difficile infection occurs when the bacterium produces toxin that causes
diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. These guidelines indicate the preferred approach to …

Plasmid-mediated metronidazole resistance in Clostridioides difficile

IM Boekhoud, BVH Hornung, E Sevilla… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Metronidazole was until recently used as a first-line treatment for potentially life-threatening
Clostridioides difficile (CD) infection. Although cases of metronidazole resistance have been …

Systematic review of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection

T Gu, W Li, LL Yang, SM Yang, Q He, HY He… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective To systematically assess the current related methodological quality of guidelines
for the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), revealing the …

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) …

Clostridioides difficile infections; new treatments and future perspectives

C Normington, CH Chilton… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
With current first-in-line antibiotic therapy options associated with high levels of recurrent
CDI, the availability of new generation targeted therapeutics can really impact treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of opportunistic infection in inflammatory bowel disease patients in Asia: a questionnaire-based multicenter study

H Yang, Z Ran, M Jin, JM Qian - Gut and Liver, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This retrospective, multicenter study was conducted by 83 investigators who were
members of the Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis. Data on opportunistic infection …

High Prevalence of Clostridioides difficile Ribotype 176 in the University Hospital in Kosice

K Curova, M Novotny, L Ambro, A Kamlarova… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, caused by antibiotics, plays a key role in the establishment
of Clostridioides difficile CD). Toxin-producing strains are involved in the pathogenesis of …

Poor clinical outcomes associated with suboptimal antibiotic treatment among older long-term care facility residents with urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort …

HJ Appaneal, TI Shireman, VV Lopes, V Mor, DM Dosa… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Antibiotic use is associated with several antibiotic-related harms in vulnerable,
older long-term care (LTC) residents. Suboptimal antibiotic use may also be associated with …