 Clostridium difficile
"Clostridium difficile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A common inhabitant of the colon flora in human infants and sometimes in adults. It produces a toxin that causes pseudomembranous enterocolitis (ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS) in patients receiving antibiotic therapy.
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D016360
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.200.250 B03.353.625.500.250 B03.510.415.400.200.250
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clostridium difficile" by people in Profiles.
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Endres BT, Bassères E, Alam MJ, Garey KW. Cadazolid for the treatment of Clostridium difficile. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2017 Apr; 26(4):509-514.
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Rashid T, VonVille HM, Hasan I, Garey KW. Shoe soles as a potential vector for pathogen transmission: a systematic review. J Appl Microbiol. 2016 Nov; 121(5):1223-1231.
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Vickers RJ, Tillotson G, Goldstein EJ, Citron DM, Garey KW, Wilcox MH. Ridinilazole: a novel therapy for Clostridium difficile infection. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Aug; 48(2):137-43.
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Endres BT, Bassères E, Khaleduzzaman M, Alam MJ, Chesnel L, Garey KW. Evaluating the Effects of Surotomycin Treatment on Clostridium difficile Toxin A and B Production, Immune Response, and Morphological Changes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Jun; 60(6):3519-23.
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Endres BT, Bassères E, Memariani A, Chang L, Alam MJ, Vickers RJ, Kakadiaris IA, Garey KW. A novel method for imaging the pharmacological effects of antibiotic treatment on Clostridium difficile. Anaerobe. 2016 Aug; 40:10-4.
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Shah DN, Aitken SL, Barragan LF, Bozorgui S, Goddu S, Navarro ME, Xie Y, DuPont HL, Garey KW. Economic burden of primary compared with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients: a prospective cohort study. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Jul; 93(3):286-9.
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Thabit AK, Alam MJ, Khaleduzzaman M, Garey KW, Nicolau DP. A pilot study to assess bacterial and toxin reduction in patients with Clostridium difficile infection given fidaxomicin or vancomycin. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2016 Apr 12; 15:22.
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Bassères E, Endres BT, Khaleduzzaman M, Miraftabi F, Alam MJ, Vickers RJ, Garey KW. Impact on toxin production and cell morphology in Clostridium difficile by ridinilazole (SMT19969), a novel treatment for C. difficile infection. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 May; 71(5):1245-51.
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Aitken SL, Alam MJ, Khaleduzzaman M, Khaleduzzuman M, Walk ST, Musick WL, Pham VP, Christensen JL, Atmar RL, Xie Y, Garey KW. In the Endemic Setting, Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 Is Virulent But Not Hypervirulent. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Nov; 36(11):1318-23.
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Pham VP, Luce AM, Ruppelt SC, Wei W, Aitken SL, Musick WL, Roux RK, Garey KW. Age-Stratified Treatment Response Rates in Hospitalized Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection Treated with Metronidazole. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Oct; 59(10):6113-6.
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