Genomic Delineation of Zoonotic Origins of Clostridium difficile

DR Knight, TV Riley - Frontiers in public health, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Clostridium difficile is toxin-producing antimicrobial resistant (AMR) enteropathogen
historically associated with diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in hospitalized patients …

Dissemination of Clostridium difficile in food and the environment: Significant sources of C. difficile community‐acquired infection?

K Warriner, C Xu, M Habash, S Sultan… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Clostridium difficile is a significant pathogen with over 300 000 cases reported in North
America annually. Previously, it was thought that C. difficile was primarily a clinically …

Global prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in 17,148 food samples from 2009 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Borji, S Kadivarian, S Dashtbin, S Kooti… - Journal of Health …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is an important infectious
pathogen, which causes mild-to-severe gastrointestinal infections by creating resistant …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and Genomic Characterisation of Clostridioides difficile from Spinach Fields

P Marcos, P Whyte, C Burgess, D Ekhlas, D Bolton - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite an increased incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections, data on the reservoirs
and dissemination routes of this bacterium are limited. This study examined the prevalence …

Clostridioides difficile epidemiology in the Middle and the Far East

M Brajerova, J Zikova, M Krutova - Anaerobe, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Clostridioides difficile is an important pathogen of healthcare-associated
gastrointestinal infections. Recently, an increased number of C. difficile infection (CDI) …

Global and Historical Distribution of Clostridioides difficile in the Human Diet (1981–2019): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 21886 Samples Reveal Sources …

A Rodriguez-Palacios, KQ Mo, BU Shah… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Clostridioides difficile (CD) is a spore-forming bacterium that causes life-threatening
intestinal infections in humans. Although formerly regarded as exclusively nosocomial, there …

The effect of cold storage and cooking on the viability of Clostridioides difficile spores in consumer foods

P Marcos, C Glennon, P Whyte, TR Rogers, M McElroy… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increased detection of clinical cases of Clostridioides difficile coupled with the
persistence of clostridial spores at various stages along the food chain suggest that this …

Molecular ty** of Clostridium difficile isolates cultured from patient stool samples and gastroenterological medical devices in a single Iranian hospital

M Azimirad, M Krutova, O Nyc, Z Hasani, L Afrisham… - Anaerobe, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aimed to characterize Clostridium difficile isolates cultured from stool samples of
patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) and swabs from a medical environment in a …

Methods currently applied to study the prevalence of Clostridioides difficile in foods

J Barbosa, A Campos, P Teixeira - AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020 - ciencia.ucp.pt
Clostridioides difficile is responsible for most cases of antibiotic-and hospital-associated
diarrhoea. Several studies have demonstrated the presence of C. difficile in different foods …

[PDF][PDF] Clostridioides difficile in non-hospital sources (Animals, food, and environment) in Asian countries: A literature review

Z Esfandiari, F Amani, S Khavari… - Jundishapur Journal of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Context: Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is an agent responsible for severe infection with a
high mortality rate in healthcare facilities. With the discovery of C. difficile in the community, it …