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C difficile—a rose by any other name…
C difficile—a rose by any other name…
The twists and turns of bacterial taxonomy occasionally throw up complications for the infectious diseases community. Long established and familiar organisms are, from the perspective of many medical practitioners, suddenly renamed for what might seem to be arcane reasons that have little relevance to the management of disease. However, if a name change is hastily adopted by medical practitioners there is the potential for unintended consequences. For this reason, and a strong conservative instinct, taxonomic changes can take a while to filter through to medical practice.
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C difficile—a rose by any other name…
Entry door for deadly C. difficile toxin suggests new mode of protection - Boston Children's Answers A new target for fighting Clostridium difficile
Entry door for deadly C. difficile toxin suggests new mode of protection - Boston Children's Answers A new target for fighting Clostridium difficile
Researchers report a key target in fighting Clostridium difficile -- a receptor called Frizzled, through which C. diff’s most potent toxin gets into cells.
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Entry door for deadly C. difficile toxin suggests new mode of protection - Boston Children's Answers A new target for fighting Clostridium difficile
Defined microbial communities and their soluble products protect mice from Clostridioides difficile infection - PubMed
Defined microbial communities and their soluble products protect mice from Clostridioides difficile infection - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated infectious diarrhea. The development of C.difficile infection is tied to perturbations of the bacterial community in the gastrointestinal tract, called the gastrointestinal microbiota. Repairing the gastrointestinal microbiota by …
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Defined microbial communities and their soluble products protect mice from Clostridioides difficile infection - PubMed
Starvation helps transition to abundance - a ferrosome story - PubMed
Starvation helps transition to abundance - a ferrosome story - PubMed
Iron is an essential nutrient for bacterial pathogenesis. In their study, Skaar and colleagues (Pi et al.) discovered and determined the detailed structure of ferrosomes within Clostridioides difficile, the iron-storage organelles that form under iron-limited conditions in anticipation of future iro …
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Starvation helps transition to abundance - a ferrosome story - PubMed
Approaching pathogenic Clostridia from a One Health perspective - PubMed
Approaching pathogenic Clostridia from a One Health perspective - PubMed
Spore-forming pathogens have a unique capacity to thrive in diverse environments, and with temporal persistence afforded through their ability to sporulate. These behaviors require a One Health approach to identify critical reservoirs and outbreak-associated transmission chains, given their capacity …
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Approaching pathogenic Clostridia from a One Health perspective - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Clinical Review of Pathogenesis, Clinical Considerations, and Treatment Strategies - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Clinical Review of Pathogenesis, Clinical Considerations, and Treatment Strategies - PubMed
Prevention of CDI can be achieved by proper hygiene, vaccinations, and detecting the infection early. Proper hygiene is indeed noted to be one of the best ways to prevent CDI in the hospital setting. Overprescribing antibiotics is also another huge reason why CDI occurs. Proper prescription of antib …
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Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Clinical Review of Pathogenesis, Clinical Considerations, and Treatment Strategies - PubMed
Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates intestinal inflammatory diarrhea caused by oxidative stress and pyroptosis via reducing gut microbiota-derived lipopolysaccharides - PubMed
Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates intestinal inflammatory diarrhea caused by oxidative stress and pyroptosis via reducing gut microbiota-derived lipopolysaccharides - PubMed
Infancy is a critical period in the maturation of the gut microbiota and a phase of susceptibility to gut microbiota dysbiosis. Early disturbances in the gut microbiota can have long-lasting effects on host physiology, including intestinal injury and diarrhea. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) …
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Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates intestinal inflammatory diarrhea caused by oxidative stress and pyroptosis via reducing gut microbiota-derived lipopolysaccharides - PubMed
Phase variation of flagella and toxins in Clostridioides difficile is mediated by selective Rho-dependent termination - PubMed
Phase variation of flagella and toxins in Clostridioides difficile is mediated by selective Rho-dependent termination - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile is an intestinal pathogen that exhibits phase variation of flagella and toxins though inversion of the flagellar (flg) switch controlling flagellar and toxin gene expression. The transcription termination factor Rho preferentially inhibits swimming motility of bacteria with …
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Phase variation of flagella and toxins in Clostridioides difficile is mediated by selective Rho-dependent termination - PubMed
Microbiome Responses to Oral Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Cohort of Domestic Dogs - PubMed
Microbiome Responses to Oral Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Cohort of Domestic Dogs - PubMed
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) have been successful at treating digestive and skin conditions in dogs. The degree to which the microbiome is impacted by FMT in a cohort of dogs has not been thoroughly investigated. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, we document the changes in the microbiome of fif …
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Microbiome Responses to Oral Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Cohort of Domestic Dogs - PubMed
Gut-Lung Axis in Focus: Deciphering the Impact of Gut Microbiota on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - PubMed
Gut-Lung Axis in Focus: Deciphering the Impact of Gut Microbiota on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - PubMed
Recent advancements in the understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have highlighted the significant role of the gut microbiota (GM) in its pathogenesis. This comprehensive review delves into the intricate relationship between the GM and PAH, emphasizing the influence of gut microbial …
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Gut-Lung Axis in Focus: Deciphering the Impact of Gut Microbiota on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - PubMed
Gut Microbiota-Gut Metabolites and Clostridioides difficile Infection: Approaching Sustainable Solutions for Therapy - PubMed
Gut Microbiota-Gut Metabolites and Clostridioides difficile Infection: Approaching Sustainable Solutions for Therapy - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection. With the combination of a high rate of antibiotic resistance and recurrence, it has proven to be a debilitating public health threat. Current treatments for CDI include antibiotics a …
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Gut Microbiota-Gut Metabolites and Clostridioides difficile Infection: Approaching Sustainable Solutions for Therapy - PubMed
The Role of Intestinal Microbiota and Diet as Modulating Factors in the Course of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases - PubMed
The Role of Intestinal Microbiota and Diet as Modulating Factors in the Course of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases - PubMed
Many researchers propose manipulating microbiota to prevent and treat related diseases. The brain-gut axis is an object that remains the target of modern research, and it is not without reason that many researchers enrich it with microbiota and diet in its name. Numerous connections and mutual corre …
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The Role of Intestinal Microbiota and Diet as Modulating Factors in the Course of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases - PubMed
A phase 3 study evaluating the lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a Clostridioides difficile vaccine in healthy adults 65 to 85 years of age
A phase 3 study evaluating the lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a Clostridioides difficile vaccine in healthy adults 65 to 85 years of age
A toxoid-based Clostridioides difficile vaccine is currently in development. Here, we report lot-to-lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and toler…
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A phase 3 study evaluating the lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a Clostridioides difficile vaccine in healthy adults 65 to 85 years of age
Potential underreporting of treated patients using a Clostridioides difficile testing algorithm that screens with a nucleic acid amplification test - PubMed
Potential underreporting of treated patients using a Clostridioides difficile testing algorithm that screens with a nucleic acid amplification test - PubMed
Use of this 2-step algorithm likely results in underreporting of some NAAT+/toxin- cases with clinically relevant CDI. Disease severity and laboratory interpretive comments influence treatment decisions for NAAT+/toxin- cases.
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Potential underreporting of treated patients using a Clostridioides difficile testing algorithm that screens with a nucleic acid amplification test - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile infection across the lifespan: Estimation using life tables - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile infection across the lifespan: Estimation using life tables - PubMed
Using a life tables approach with 2011-2017 claims data, we calculated lifetime risks of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) beginning at age 18 years. The lifetime CDI risk rates were 32% in female patients insured by Medicaid, 10% in commercially insured male patients, and almost 40% i …
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Clostridioides difficile infection across the lifespan: Estimation using life tables - PubMed
A five-year quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of empiric antibiotic order sets on antibiotic use metrics among hospitalized adult patients - PubMed
A five-year quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of empiric antibiotic order sets on antibiotic use metrics among hospitalized adult patients - PubMed
Implementing AOS into the EMR was associated with a statistically significant reduction in SAAR, antibiotic DOT per 1,000 PD, selected antibiotic orders, and CDI cases.
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A five-year quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of empiric antibiotic order sets on antibiotic use metrics among hospitalized adult patients - PubMed
Administering Live Biotherapeutic Products
Administering Live Biotherapeutic Products
With the addition of live biotherapeutic products, a provider offers some insights into delivery and treatment considerations.
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Administering Live Biotherapeutic Products
In vivo evaluation of Clostridioides difficile enoyl-ACP reductase II (FabK) inhibition by phenylimidazole unveils a promising narrow-spectrum antimicrobial strategy - PubMed
In vivo evaluation of Clostridioides difficile enoyl-ACP reductase II (FabK) inhibition by phenylimidazole unveils a promising narrow-spectrum antimicrobial strategy - PubMed
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea, which often stems from disruption of the gut microbiota by broad-spectrum antibiotics. The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant C. difficile strains, combined with disappointing clinical …
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In vivo evaluation of Clostridioides difficile enoyl-ACP reductase II (FabK) inhibition by phenylimidazole unveils a promising narrow-spectrum antimicrobial strategy - PubMed
A new toxin toolkit for C. diff
A new toxin toolkit for C. diff
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a leading cause of diarrhea and healthcare-associated infections in the United States and recognized as an urgent threat by the Centers for Disease Control. Virulence of C. diff infections is believed to rely primarily on the production of two toxins: TcdA and TcdB. TcdA and TcdB are large homologous proteins...
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A new toxin toolkit for C. diff