This is the first report to discover Clostridiodes difficile (C. difficile) ribotype RT126 and RT598 (both ribotypes belong to RT078-lineage) in a river water system in southern Taiwan. Fluoroquinolone resistance was also found. The connection between clinical isolates and those from the environment …

The last time Medicare rated hospitals on surgical complications such as bed sores, collapsed lungs, bloodstream infections, and broken hips, four Philadelphia-area facilities scored worse than average.

Epidemiological analyses of mandatory surveillance data on healthcare associated infections (HCAI); MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia (Escherichia coli (E. coli), Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( P. aeruginoa), Klebsiella species (Klebsiella spp.)), and Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection.

Epidemiological analyses of mandatory surveillance data on healthcare associated infections (HCAI); MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia (Escherichia coli (E. coli), Pseudomonas aeruginosa ( P. aeruginoa), Klebsiella species (Klebsiella spp.)), and Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection.

In a poster presented at MAD-ID 2022, Glenn S. Tillotson, PhD, FIDSA, FCCP, shares data from the Premier Healthcare Database on more than 100,000 patients with C diff.

Multiple C. difficile ribotypes have been circulating in the northern Greece region with RTs 181 (closely related to 027), 017, 126 and 078 being predominant.

The bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile causes gastroenteritis by producing toxins and transmits disease by making resistant spores. Toxin and spore production are energy-expensive processes that are regulated by multiple transcription factors in response to many environmental inputs. While …

11% of hospitalized patients were asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic or non-toxigenic C. difficile and may constitute a potential reservoir of C. difficile strains.

CDI represents an important public health burden in the MAE population. Preventive strategies and treatments are needed to improve outcomes and reduce costs for healthcare systems and this growing population of older US adults.

Background. Clostridioides difficile is a spore-forming pathogen responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. In the USA high incidence of C. difficile infection (CDI) in clinical environments has led to interest in C. difficile spore transmission.Hypothesis. S …

Communications Medicine - Sukhum, Newcomer et al. evaluate reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant organisms within the built environment and patient samples from an established and a newly-built...

Despite the changes and disruptions to care caused by COVID-19, researchers found that there were no significant changes in the incidence of Clostridioides difficile during the first year of the pandemic.

“@AvrahamCooperMD Great thread! Unlike human neonates, piglets develop enteric disease following #Cdiff colonisation (with high mortality). Delay in the onset of colonisation resistance due to atb exposure promotes amplification & spillover of spores into the community. https://t.co/cJrTOidvaG”

Antibiotic-resistant strains of the dangerous superbug C difficile have been identified in pigs and humans, suggesting zoonotic transmission is possible.

A patient has a higher risk of infection of C difficile in a hospital bed that previously held a patient who also had C difficile.

The incidence of clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhoea was found to be low.

On June 7, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) received multiple complaints of gastrointestinal illness from patrons of a community

In a poster presented at MAD-ID 2022, Glenn S. Tillotson, PhD, FIDSA, FCCP, shares data from the Premier Healthcare Database on more than 100,000 patients with C diff.

The overuse of antibiotics — in ERs, dental offices, and for your steak dinner — means microbes are gaining ground in a microscopic arms race. Next time you ask for antibiotics, your doctor may say “no.”

While there was a slight downward trajectory in CDI trends prior to March 2020, no significant change in CDI trends occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic despite changes in infection control practices, antibiotic use, and healthcare delivery.

A recent study on Clostridioides difficile superbug has revealed that antibiotic-resistant bugs can transmit from pigs to humans. The study was presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

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Fred Gaschen is showing us results from a study from a residency project regarding the effect of #FMT faecal microbiota transplantation 💩💩💩 in healthy #cats 🐈 given #antibiotics. (after giving an introduction in Italian?) 🤷🏼‍♀️😁 Multo bene! pic.twitter.com/YeWfjeUw2b— European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology (@ESCG_ecvim) May 15, 2022

#EuroGut22 is taking off with Melanie Werner giving us an update on #Cdiff in #dogs and a possible #association with dysbiosis index #DI. #GITwitter #gastroenterology #veterinary #science #microbiology #microbiome pic.twitter.com/tFpqGf4236— European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology (@ESCG_ecvim) May 14, 2022

Contrary to national reports, rates of healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection across an 11-hospital system rose after the spring of 2020, when New York City was the epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic. Antibiotic pressure from an escalation in cephalosporin usage correlated wit …

HCW' shoe soles were positive in 17.8% with C. difficile strains linked epidemiologically and confirmed by WGS to infected patients suggesting potential transmission by HCWs' shoe soles. This pilot study provides sufficient evidence to further evaluate this potential mode of healthcare-associated tr …

While previous research on zoonotic transmission of community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (CA-CDI) focused on food-producing animals, the present study aimed to investigate whether dogs are carriers of resistant and/or virulent C. difficile strains. Rectal swabs were collected from 3 …