Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Outsmarting the superbugs
Defeating the deadly Clostridium difficile is no easy task but, step-by-step, microbiologist Associate Professor Dena Lyras is helping piece together the puzzle.
Sep 27, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fecal transplant feasible for recurrent C. difficile infection
(HealthDay) -- Recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) can successfully be treated in the vast majority of patients through a fecal transplantation procedure via colonoscopy, according to research published ...
Mar 3, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Transmission of Clostridium difficile in hospitals may not be through contact with infected patients
Contrary to current convention by which infection with the organism Clostridium difficile is regarded as an infection that is acquired by contact with symptomatic patients known to be infected with C. difficile, these may ...
Feb 7, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC addresses burden, threat of antibiotic resistance
(HealthDay)—The burden and threats posed by antibiotic resistance infections are discussed in a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jan 6, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection
Certain types of anti-depressants have been linked to an increase in the risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) finds a study in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. Awareness of this link should improve ...
May 6, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dogs can accurately sniff out 'superbug' infections
Dogs can sniff out Clostridium difficile (the infective agent that is responsible for many of the dreaded "hospital acquired infections") in stool samples and even in the air surrounding patients in hospital with a very high ...
Dec 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fecal microbial transplants reduce antibiotic-resistant genes in patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
Clostridium difficile is a very common type of infection to which all of us are potentially exposed. However, some people find it harder to heal and traditional antibiotic treatments do not seem to have good results for everybody. ...
May 18, 2016
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Scientists shed new light on infection process of the gastrointestinal pathogen C. difficile
Scientists from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research identified the mechanisms by which the bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficile kills intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), thus destroying the protective mucosal ...
Nov 21, 2018
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Study provides new perspectives on the current Clostridium difficile epidemic
More than 80 percent of hospitalized patients who tested positive for Clostridium difficile were tested outside the hospital or within the first 72 hours of hospitalization, suggesting that settings outside of the hospital ...
Jul 23, 2014
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Medications
FDA approves Merck's Zinplava to reduce recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection
International pharmaceutical company Merck has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zinplava (its brand name for bezlotoxumab) to reduce recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) ...
Oct 25, 2016
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