Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is an
important cause of disease in people, a variably important cause of disease in some animal …

Clostridium difficile is toxin-producing antimicrobial resistant (AMR) enteropathogen
historically associated with diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalized patients …

The transfer of novel genetic material into the genomes of bacterial viruses (phages) has
been widely documented in several host-phage systems. Bacterial genes are incorporated …

Clostridium difficile is a critically important cause of disease in humans, particularly in
hospitalized individuals. Three major factors have raised concern about the potential for this …

Zoonoses are infections or diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans
through direct contact, close proximity or the environment. Clostridium difficile is ubiquitous …

Clostridium difficile is recognized as an important cause of nosocomial diarrhoea in humans
especially in association with administration of antibiotics. In pigs, C. difficile can cause …

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) was once considered a primarily nosocomial concern.
Emerging evidence from the last 20 years has highlighted a drastic shift in the known …

Clostridium difficile is well known as the most common cause of nosocomial infections in
human patients. In recent years a change in epidemiology towards an increase in incidence …

Many articles have summarized the changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections
(CDI) in humans, but the emerging presence of C. difficile in foods and animals and possible …

Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) have emerged as one of the principal threats to the
health of hospitalized and immunocompromised patients. Nucleic acid testing for C. difficile …