ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017
Community Environmental Contamination of Toxigenic
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Association between Clostridioides difficile Test Positivity and Colorectal Cancer Incidence in a Multisite Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Cancer research communications · 2026Observational
- Bridging the gap in AMR research: validation of a standardizedFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Guiding Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention Efforts in a Hospital Setting With AI.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- In vitro susceptibility of clinical Clostridioides difficile isolates in Israel to metronidazole, vancomycin, fidaxomicin, ridinilazole and ibezapolstat.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility inOpen forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Detection of Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Metronidazole in Clostridioides difficile from River Water.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Functional and Metagenomic Evaluation of Ibezapolstat for Early Evaluation of Anti-Recurrence Effects in Clostridioides difficile Infection.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2022Article
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- Multi-country surveillance of Clostridioides difficile demonstrates high prevalence of spores in non-healthcare environmental settings.Anaerobe · 2022Article
- High contamination rates of shoes of veterinarians, veterinary support staff and veterinary students with Clostridioides difficile spores.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2022Article
- Human and Porcine Transmission of Clostridioides difficile Ribotype 078, Europe.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- A multisite genomic epidemiology study ofMicrobial genomics · 2021Article
- Clostridioides difficile carriage in animals and the associated changes in the host fecal microbiota.Anaerobe · 2020Article
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Abstract
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methodsFrom 2013 to 2015, we collected community environmental swabs from homes and public areas in Houston, Texas to assess
resultsA total of 2538 environmental samples were collected over the study period. These included samples obtained from homes (n = 1079), parks (n = 491), chain stores (n = 225), fast food restaurants (n = 123), other commercial stores (n = 172), and hospitals (n = 448). Overall, 418 environmental isolates grew toxigenic
conclusionsWe identified a high prevalence of toxigenic
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