Clostridium difficile Infection Journal Articles

• Risk for Asymptomatic Household Transmission of C diff Recently hospitalized individuals may be potential asymptomatic C diff carriers. What is the risk for transmitting this infection to other household members?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 06, 2022
• Overt HE in Cirrhotic Patients With Acute Decompensation This study aimed to determine whether the occurrence of overt hepatic encephalopathy is an independent risk factor for de novo infection in patients with cirrhosis and acute decompensation.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, April 27, 2022
• Role of Gut Microbiota in HBV Disease Progression and Treatment This review aims to clarify our understanding of the pathophysiology of gut microbiota and their relationship with liver injury in chronic hepatitis B. How might this inform future therapeutics?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, February 21, 2022
• Timing of Antibiotic Therapy in the ICU Infections among ICU patients require timely and appropriate antibiotic therapy while also considering the risk of antibiotic resistance.
  Critical Care, December 07, 2021
• Erectile Dysfunction in a Young Man After OTC Omeprazole Was the PPI omeprazole the cause of this young man's sudden erectile dysfunction?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 08, 2021
• Tofacitinib As Salvage Therapy for Refractory Severe UC In a cohort of patients hospitalized with a severe flare of ulcerative colitis, rescue therapy with tofacitinib avoided colectomy in a substantial proportion of cases.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, August 11, 2021
• Risks, Prevention of C diff Transmission During Transition What strategies might help prevent the transmission of C diff infection after patients are discharged from in-patient settings?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 29, 2021
• Diagnosis and Management of C. Difficile in Patients With IBD Clostridioides difficile infection is a common but serious complication of IBD, and can present atypically. Review the risk factors, diagnosis, and management of CDI in IBD patients in this article.
  Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, June 23, 2021
• Bacterial Mixture vs FMT vs Vancomycin for C. diff Infection Might rectal bacteriotherapy be a safer alternative to fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C. difficile infection?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, May 10, 2021
• GI Symptoms and Fecal Microbiota Transplant in COVID-19 Might fecal microbiota transplantation be a potential therapeutic and rehabilitative intervention for treatment of COVID-19 gastrointestinal disturbances?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 08, 2021
• The Gut Microbiota in Osteoarthritis Could gut microbiota have a role in the management of osteoarthritis?
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, March 11, 2021
• Fecal Microbiota Transplantation-related Adverse Events Have side effects or complications due to fecal microbiota transplantation been under-reported? This study aimed to quantify reported FMT-related AEs from the last decade.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, January 11, 2021
• Antibiotic Stewardship for Total Joint Arthroplasty in 2020 When it comes to the appropriate use of antibiotics after total joint arthroplasty, what do orthopedic surgeons need to know?
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, September 28, 2020
• Airway and Lung Microbiome Importance in the Critically Ill Learn more about the role of the lung microbiome in critical illness, and find out how changes in the microbiome may impact clinical outcomes.
  Critical Care, September 24, 2020
• Identifying Facilities at Risk of Receiving MDRO Patients A novel new tool may help identify which healthcare facilities are at risk of receiving patients infected with multidrug-resistant organisms.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 09, 2020
• Peripheral Blood Examination Findings in SARS-CoV-2 Infection This report presents qualitative and quantitative CBC and peripheral smear findings in COVID-19 patients as compared with a control group.
  American Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 08, 2020
• Misdiagnosis of Diverticulitis After a Prior Diagnosis of IBS How should physicians manage IBS patients with suspected diverticulitis? This study compared the misdiagnosis of diverticulitis among IBS and non-IBS patients.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 10, 2020
• Early Colectomy for Toxic Megacolon in C. difficile Infection Can early colectomy in patients who have toxic megacolon due to Clostridium difficile colitis improve outcomes and reduce mortality?
  Southern Medical Journal, August 04, 2020
• A Microbiota-based Approach to Psychiatric Symptoms in IBD This review examined the role of the microbiota-gut-brain-axis in IBD. Might targeting the gut microbiota be a useful therapeutic approach for treatment of psychiatric co-morbidities in IBD?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, July 20, 2020
• Increased Community-Associated C. diff Infections in Canada The incidence of community-acquired C. diff infections is on the rise in one region of Canada. What factors may account for the increase in cases?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 06, 2020