Diarrhea is a common problem in nursing homes. A survey among nursing facilities in Poland was used to characterize diarrhea outbreaks, the burden caused for residents and caregivers and the employed measures. Survey results confirmed that diarrhea is a common problem in nursing homes and in most ca …

An assessment of the frontline agents show similarities infection cure and recurrence rates at 30 days.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is inflammation of the colon caused by a bacteria called clostridium difficile and is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients.

In this study, we report the results of the epidemiological analysis of Clostridioides difficile ribotypes (RTs) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Most isolates were RT027, representing 73% (84/115) of isolates. No isolates with reduced susceptibility to fidaxomicin were found; howeve …

Hospitalization for inflammatory bowel disease is common and requires coordination of care. The goals of hospitalization are to markedly improve symptoms, transition management to an outpatient regimen, and prevent complications. Initially, providers should determine the phenotype and severity of di …

The present experiments determined the effects of the narrow-spectrum antibiotic vancomycin on inflammatory pain-stimulated and pain-depressed behaviors in rats. Persistent inflammatory pain was modeled using dilute formalin (0.5%). Two weeks of oral vancomycin administered in drinking water attenua …

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) occur frequently among adults. The pathophysiology of CDI is related to disruption of normal gut flora and risk factors include hospitalization, use of antibiotic therapy, and older age. Clinical manifestations can range fro …

C difficile and sepsis infections can be especially difficult to treat.

Fidaxomicin, and to a lesser extent vancomycin, reduces C. difficile shedding and contamination of the hospital environment relative to metronidazole. Treatment choice may play a role in reducing healthcare-associated C. difficile transmission.

A meta-analysis suggest the 2 first-line C diff therapies provide similar outcomes, yet differ in recurrent infection risk.

Key guidance includes the diagnosis, management, and prevention of CDI, with a focus on diagnostic issues around diarrhea, distinguishing C. difficile colonizat

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has been an epidemic for many years. Our biggest challenge in treating CDI is preventing recurrence, which is seen in approximately 25% of patients with initial infection and in 40-60% of those with subsequent episodes. Given the major disease burden o …

Drug delivery to the colon offers great promise for local treatment of colonic diseases as it allows bypassing systemic absorption in the small intestine, thereby increasing luminal drug concentrations in the colon. The primary objective of this in vivo pharmaco-scintigraphy study was to assess the …

Further, while there is ambiguity surrounding the treatment of IBD flare in patients with CDI, case reports suggest corticosteroid initiation after appropriate antibiotic therapy may be effective.

Healthcare and financial benefits can be obtained by implementing procalcitonin-guided algorithms in Argentina. Although we found results to be robust on an aggregate level, some caution must be used when focusing only on sepsis patients in the intensive care unit.

Class D β-lactamases have risen to notoriety due to their wide spread in bacterial pathogens, propensity to inactivate clinically important β-lactam antibiotics, and ability to withstand inhibition by the majority of classical β-lactamase inhibitors. Understanding the catalytic mechanism of these en …

The right treatment can bring about long-term remission but getting there may involve trial and error.

Experts discuss the bacteria’s transmission in the community setting, how to reduce disease and economic burdens, and ways to improve quality of life for patients.

Based on a WTP threshold of $150,000, fidaxomicin and bezlotoxumab plus vancomycin were estimated to be more cost-effective for treating an episode of CDI and preventing further recurrence than standard of care vancomycin. The addition of bezlotoxumab to vancomycin and extended-pulsed fidaxomicin we …

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Novel therapeutics are needed to treat pathologies associated with the Clostridioides difficile binary toxin (CDT), particularly when C. difficile infection (CDI) occurs in the elderly or in hospitalized patients having illnesses, in addition to CDI, such as cancer. While therapies are …

Coronavirus disease 2019 is associated with a postinfectious multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This syndrome is marked by cytokine storm and multiorgan dysfunction, often affecting the gastrointestinal tract, the heart, and the hematopoietic system. We describe the case of a 16-year-old boy with an initial presentation of severe inflammatory bowel disease and concurrent MIS-C. He presented with abdominal pain, diarrhea, and hematochezia and met criteria for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Laboratory inflammatory profiling revealed markedly elevated ferritin...

In the last three decades, the dramatic worldwide increase in incidence and severity of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) (formerly Clostridium difficile infection) has made CDI a global public health challenge. Surgery is a known risk factor for development of CDI yet surgery is also a treat …