Comorbidities, associated diseases, and risk assessment in COVID‐19—a systematic review

A Fitero, SG Bungau, DM Tit, L Endres… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is considered that COVID‐19's pandemic expansion is responsible for the particular
increase in deaths, especially among the population with comorbidities. The health system …

[HTML][HTML] European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2021 update on the treatment guidance document for Clostridioides difficile infection in …

J van Prehn, E Reigadas, EH Vogelzang… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Scope In 2009, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases (ESCMID) published the first treatment guidance document for Clostridioides …

Host Immune Responses to Clostridioides difficile: Toxins and Beyond

B Nibbering, DN Gerding, EJ Kuijper… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Clostridioides difficile is often resistant to the actions of antibiotics to treat other bacterial
infections and the resulting C. difficile infection (CDI) is among the leading causes of …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic factors for severe and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: a systematic review

TM van Rossen, RE Ooijevaar… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), its subsequent recurrences (rCDIs), and
severe CDI (sCDI) provide a significant burden for both patients and the healthcare system …

Prevalence of Comorbid Factors in Patients With Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection in ECOSPOR III, a Randomized Trial of an Oral Microbiota–Based …

CS Berenson, B Lashner, LY Korman… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Although comorbidities are risk factors for recurrent Clostridioides difficile
infection (rCDI), many clinical trials exclude patients with medical conditions such as …

Effect of the microbiome on intestinal innate immune development in early life and the potential strategy of early intervention

Z Yang, X Liu, Y Wu, J Peng, H Wei - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Early life is a vital period for mammals to be colonized with the microbiome, which
profoundly influences the development of the intestinal immune function. For neonates to …

[HTML][HTML] A cost-utility analysis of two Clostridioides difficile infection guideline treatment pathways

N Swart, AM Sinha, A Bentley, H Smethurst… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Treatment guidelines are key drivers of prescribing practice in the management
of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI), but recommendations on best practice can vary. We …

Clostridioides difficile recurrence in individuals with and without cancer: a Swedish population-based cohort study

P Mpakaniye, A Boven, S Callens, L Engstrand… - Infection, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Patients with cancer are vulnerable to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) due to
their disease, treatment and regular hospital contact, yet if CDI-recurrence is more common …

Post-operative all-cause mortality in elderly patients undergoing abdominal emergency surgery: role of Charlson comorbidity index

F Fabbian, A De Giorgi, S Ferro, D Lacavalla… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) score has been shown to predict 10-
year all-cause mortality, but its validity is a matter of debate in surgical patients. We wanted …

Review of the Impact of Biofilm Formation on Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

D Rubio-Mendoza, A Martínez-Meléndez… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) may recur in approximately 10–30% of patients, and
the risk of recurrence increases with each successive recurrence, reaching up to 65%. C …