The gut microbiota play a pivotal role in human health. Dysbiosis, alterations in microbiota composition and function, is associated with gastrointestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This international survey aimed to assess physicians' experiences, perceptions, and practi …

Nature Communications - Antibiotics can cause hospital-acquired diarrhoea, resulting in gut microbiota and metabolome changes. Here, the authors study the faecal microbiota and metabolome of 169...

The Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium Clostridioides difficile (CD) can produce intense exotoxins, contributing to nosocomial infections, and it is the most common cause of health-care-associated infectious diarrhea. Based on spontaneous Individual Case Safety Reports from EudraVigilance (EV) …

The first part of this contribution describes solutions that were developed to achieve progressively more efficient syntheses of the thiopeptide natural products, micrococcins P1 and P2 (MP1-MP2), with an eye toward exploring their potential as a source of new antibiotics. Such efforts enabled inves …

The most critical phase of human microbiome development is in the first 2-3 years of life. Preventing and treating dysbiosis during pregnancy and early life can have a profound effect on an infant's later health.

The gastrointestinal microbiome has been shown to play a key role in determining the responses to cancer immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy and CAR-T. In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), increasing evidence suggests that a microbiome composition signa …

Trauma and toxic substances are connected in several aspects. On the one hand, toxic substances can be the reason for traumatic injuries in the context of accidental or violent and criminal circumstances. Examples for the first scenario is the release of toxic gases, chemicals, and particles during …

Adult stem cell-derived human colonic organoid monolayers were applicable as a colon infection model for electrophysiological measurements. The TJ changes noted can explain the epithelial barrier dysfunction and diarrhea in patients, as well as increased entry of luminal antigens triggering inflamma …

Assessment of functional status, especially combined with comorbidities, was significantly associated with developing CDI and may also be useful in predicting in-hospital mortality.

Radiation-induced gastrointestinal damage is a common acute radiation syndrome. Previous studies have highlighted that Galectin-1 and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) are associated with flaking of small intestinal villi and intestinal radioresistance. Therefore, our goal is to study whether gut bacteria regula …

Newly discovered iron storage 'ferrosomes' inside the bacterium C. diff -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections -- are important for infection in an animal model and could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs. They also represent a rare demonstration of a membrane-bound structure inside a pathogenic bacterium, upsetting the biological dogma that bacteria do not contain organelles.

The campaign aims to help patients feel more confident that over-the-counter medications, and not antibiotics, are the best treatment for cold and flu symptoms.

Ideally, antimicrobial therapy should be complete prior to transplantation. In situations in which completion of therapy prior to transplant is not feasible, therapy may need to be prolonged or modified. In most situations, infections can be managed similarly to the general population, although some …

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Evelo Biosciences, a startup hoping to use the trillions of microbes in and on the human body to fight disease, is shutting down after running out of cash and viable drug candidates.

Dublin, Nov. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ridinilazole Emerging Drug Insight and Market Forecast - 2032" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.This report provides comprehensive insights about ridinilazole for clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the seven major markets. Ridinilazole (previously known as SMT19969), being developed by Summit Therapeutics, is an investigational bisbenzimidazole oral antimicrobial that targets C. difficile whilst sparing the gut microb

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) forms organelles that help them defend against iron in the colon. According to a group of scientists from Vanderbilt University, this pathogen, which causes serious gastrointestinal infections, expresses fez genes to build structures called ferrosomes that store excess iron that is toxic to it. Its ferrosomes are surrounded by membrane and could be a target against this microorganism.

Christian John Lillis, co-founder and executive director at Peggy Lillis Foundation, discusses the role of the pharmacist in education that advances C diff awareness in the medical community.

Nikhil Pai always knew he wanted to work in pediatrics. What he wasn’t expecting is how much of his work would involve poop. Pai is a pediatric gastroenterologist and an associate professor with McMaster University’s Department of Pediatrics. He considers himself a clinician-scientist. It’s a position that allows him to ask: How can I advance [...]Read More...

A study demonstrates the microbiome changes and how restoration of the gut flora is warranted when patients are dealing with recurrent bouts of the health care-associated infection.

Following government guidance by using disinfectant to tackle C diff bacteria proved ineffective in experiments

Clostridioides difficile spores tolerate disinfection with sodium hypochlorite disinfectant and remain viable within surgical scrubs and gown fabrics

One of the primary chlorine disinfectants currently being used to clean hospital scrubs and surfaces does not kill off the most common cause of antibiotic-associated sickness in health care settings globally, ...

This study demonstrated that WMT could dramatically reduce the cost and duration of hospitalizations in the long-term sustainment in the current Chinese IBD cohort. Compared with IFX, WMT could be a good way for the patients with IBD achieving long-term sustainment and saving medical costs.

Secretory (S) Immunoglobin (Ig) A is the predominant mucosal antibody, which mediates host interactions with commensal and pathogenic microbes, including Clostridioides difficile . SIgA adopts a polymeric IgA structure that is bound by secretory component (SC). Despite significance, how SIgA …

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus. It can lead to pseudomembranous colitis characterized by electrolyte disturbances, toxic megacolon, and septic shock. The risk of C. difficile infection is higher with use of certain classes of ant …

Photo: Dr. Ian Ball with screen showing the digital clinical pathways and guidelines developed by the Antimicrobial Stewardship ProgramNovember 20, 2023

Fecal microbiota transplantation is a viable alternative for children with moderate to severe or recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

CHICAGO — Treatment with Rebyota did not affect concurrent medication use in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, Jessica R. Allegretti, MD, MPH, explains in this Healio video. Allegretti presented data at Digestive Disease Week on safety outcomes and concomitant medication changes after treatment with Rebyota (fecal microbiota,

Faecal transplants are just the start of a new sort of medicine