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Research & Reviews 183 results
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154254
Journal of Critical Care; Dionne JC, Johnstone J et. al.
Jan 23rd, 2023 - Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a serious complication of critical illness. The objective of the study was to determine its incidence, prevalence, timing, severity, predictors, and outcomes. We performed a prospective nested cohort stu...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02667418
Dec 12th, 2022 - Abstract Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of healthcare-associated infectious diarrhea among adults in industrialized countries. In addition to diarrhea, C. difficile infection (CDI) may also result in serious complications such as s...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186458-clinical&
Dec 6th, 2022 - History C difficile colonization results in a wide spectrum of clinical conditions, including an asymptomatic carrier state; mild, self-limited diarrhea; pseudomembranous colitis; and fulminant colitis. Most patients develop diarrhea during or sho...
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186458-clinical
Dec 6th, 2022 - History C difficile colonization results in a wide spectrum of clinical conditions, including an asymptomatic carrier state; mild, self-limited diarrhea; pseudomembranous colitis; and fulminant colitis. Most patients develop diarrhea during or sho...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186458-clinical
Dec 6th, 2022 - History C difficile colonization results in a wide spectrum of clinical conditions, including an asymptomatic carrier state; mild, self-limited diarrhea; pseudomembranous colitis; and fulminant colitis. Most patients develop diarrhea during or sho...
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Clinicaltrials.gov 14 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02667418
Dec 12th, 2022 - Abstract Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of healthcare-associated infectious diarrhea among adults in industrialized countries. In addition to diarrhea, C. difficile infection (CDI) may also result in serious complications such as s...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03816774
Oct 5th, 2022 - a. Study type: Endoscopist-blinded randomized controlled trial i. Prospective inclusion of patients scheduled for a colonoscopy by nationwide CRC screening program after a positive faecal immunochemical test. ii. Randomization by computer generate...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04340856
Apr 27th, 2022 - Megacolon may be defined as dilatation of the abdominal colon with a minimum of 9 cm in diameter and the absence of mechanical obstruction. Chronic megacolon in adults is an acquired uncommon condition that generally is associated with constipatio...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03441893
Apr 15th, 2022 - The prospective cohort and randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study will be conducted on the basis of Research Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Coloproctology department of the Republic clinical hospita...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03005379
Mar 18th, 2022 - Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common nosocomial infections and is increasingly seen in non-hospitalized patients. Although more than 90% of patients have symptom resolution with a course of standard antimicrobial therapy...
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https://www.medpagetoday.com/hospitalbasedmedicine/infectioncontrol/97747
Mar 18th, 2022 - Use of a touchless whole-room aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (aHP) disinfection system led to a reduction in Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) rates at an acute care facility, a retrospective study found. Over the first 5 years of the study,...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956159
Aug 9th, 2021 - Guidelines on the surgical management of ulcerative colitis (UC) were published in July 2021 by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons in the journal Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.[1] Strong recommendations are outlined below unless no...
https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/225760/infectious-diseases/its-time-rethink-your-approach-c-diff-infection
MDedge Family Medicine; Kelsea Zukauckas, PharmD, Jeremy Vandiver, PharmD, BCPS et. al.
Jul 21st, 2020 - CASE 1 Beth O, a 63-year-old woman, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-week history of diarrhea (6 very loose, watery stools per day) and lower abdominal pain. The patient denies any vomiting, sick contacts, or recent travel.
https://www.staging.medscape.com/viewarticle/920649
Oct 31st, 2019 - Two patients who received fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in clinical trials contracted extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Escherichia coli bacteremia, and one of them died, according to a report published online October 5 in the ...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/920649
Oct 31st, 2019 - Two patients who received fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in clinical trials contracted extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Escherichia coli bacteremia, and one of them died, according to a report published online October 5 in the ...