Clostridium difficile Infection Journal Articles

• Diagnostic Stewardship: What Impacts Antibiotics Use? A better understanding of how diagnostic stewardship can impact antibiotic prescribing practices could help decrease unnecessary antibiotic use.
  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, August 03, 2023
• Misdiagnosis of C diff by Specimen Collection and Testing A new report finds that a number of inpatient C diff infections were not properly identified using standard-of-care specimen collecting and testing practices.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 13, 2023
• Advances in the Gut Microbiome and Mood Disorders This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the role of the gut microbiome in mood disorders, including the use of psychobiotics for the treatment and prevention of these disorders.
  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, December 21, 2022
• Characterization of C difficile Infections Among Adults How do the characteristics of adult patients with healthcare-associated C. difficile compare to those with community-associated infections?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 07, 2022
• Intraoperative Redosing of Antibiotic for SSI Prevention When it comes to the administration of antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections, should additional intraoperative redosing be considered?
  Annals of Surgery, June 20, 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance Which bacteria are considered the most threatening resistant organisms in the U.S.? Learn about their mechanisms of resistance and new antibiotics to combat them in this review.
  U.S. Pharmacist, June 12, 2020
• Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care Unit Find out how AI has the potential to transform the future of critical care medicine.
  Critical Care, May 06, 2020