C Diff Transmission

Teena Chopra, MD, MPH, professor of infectious diseases at Wayne State University, addressed the risk factors for C. diff infection and recurrent C. diff infection.

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The progress of infection by Clostridioides difficile is strongly influenced by metabolic cues it encounters as it colonizes the gastrointestinal tract. Both colonization and regulation of virulence have a multi-factorial interaction between host, microbiome, and gene expression cascades. While thes …

Compared to European countries, we found a comparable incidence of CD. However, our estimates are lower than those for the United States. Compared to high-income countries, this study found a comparatively lower CD recurrence.

What’s the deal with #cdiff & #AMR then? Well, C. diff is a super-superbug! It’s the main cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea & kills 100x more people than #MRSA. 🧵 #WAAW #Thread

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Clostridioides difficile infection is very common in immunocompromised children. Management is confounded by frequent asymptomatic colonization, multiple alternative etiologies for gastrointestinal symptoms, and high rates of relapse. Important considerations include indications for testing, appropr …

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in children is more often acquired in the community than in the hospital. Community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection (CA-CDI) cases seem to be rising, although this is confounded by the unclear role of C. difficile in children 1 and 3 years of ag …

Opening their discussion, panelists elucidate patient factors that may impact risk of developing clostridium difficile infection.

Measures of distancing, wearing face/medical masks and lockdown introduced in many countries to meet the challenges of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have le…

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If you or someone in your home has C. diff, take these steps to make sure no one else gets it.

We investigated the effects of season and geographic location on detection of nucleic acids of potential enteric pathogens (PEPs) or their toxins (PEP-Ts) in feces of horses ≥6-mo-old in the United States. Results of 3,343 equine diarrhea PCR panels submitted to Idexx Laboratories for horses 6-m …

In the last decade, the incidence and severity of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) in humans have been increasing and community-associated infections have been described. For these reasons, the interest in C. difficile in food and in food animals has increased, suggesting oth …

The global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a serious threat to human and animal health. Recent studies have shown that synanthropic animals can act as reservoirs and disseminators of pathogens and resistant bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, distrib …

Systems biology studies how complex dynamics emerge from many elements interacting with each other in biological systems. This definition might sound abstract, but the applications are concrete. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, two studies apply systems biology to study Clostridioides diffi …

Enteritis, colitis, and enterocolitis are considered some of the most common causes of disease and death in horses. Determining the etiology of these conditions is challenging, among other reasons because different causes produce similar clinical signs and lesions, and also because some agents of co …

This study quantified the considerable burden associated with C. difficile infections in South Korea.

The watchdog group's twice-yearly patient safety grades includes new CMS-reported patient safety indicators and, for the first time, a sprinkling of pandemic-era outcome data.

AbstractClostridioides difficile is the most common pathogen causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Previous studies showed that diverse sources, aside from C. difficile infection (CDI) patients, played a major role in C. difficile hospital transmission. This study aimed …

25 yrs of treating Cdiff none of my staff or I ever got it. Perhaps it ONLY is contagious IF your gut is imbalanced to begin with. The trend of misunderstanding #Cdiff unfortunately lead to making it more virulent . Very similar to #COVID.It’s time to understand microbes better.— sabine hazan md (@SabinehazanMD) November 5, 2021

Over 41 individuals lose their life to a Clostridium difficile infection in the United States of America alone every day.

Incidences of Clostridioides difficile infection have risen in recent years, and understanding risk factors can help practitioners address associated mortality, morbidity and health care costs.

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In this study, VBIP implementation was associated with improvements in HO-CDI rates, independent of CDI testing method. Given that CMS payment policies have not previously been associated with improvements in other targeted health care-associated infection rates, future research should focus on eluc …

Health care facilities professionals learn about: Shoe soles had highest positivity rates, with 45 percent of samples testing positive for bacteria

Strongly consider washing your hands next time you tie your shoelaces. According to an international study of nearly 12,000 environmental isolates presented at IDWeek 2021, up to 45% of samples from shoe soles contain emClostridiodes difficile/em spores.

C difficile was found on 45% of shoe soles and 26.2% of private residences.