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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2022

Mechanisms and impact of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile.

Chetna Dureja, Abiola O Olaitan, Julian G Hurdle

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Molecular Epidemiology ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile Is Associated With Lower Rates of Initial Cure and Sustained Clinical Response.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024
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  10. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  11. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Global insights into the genome dynamics ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  14. Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023
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  18. Systematic Design of Adenosine Analogs as Inhibitors of aJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2023
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  19. Microbial ecology betweenBioscience of microbiota, food and health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chetna DurejaCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 West Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abiola O OlaitanCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 West Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Julian G HurdleCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 West Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: jhurdle@tamu.edu.
Texas A&M Health Science Center · USTexas A&M University System · US

Funding

Diversity Supplement: Decoding the clinical impact of the recent evolution of metronidazole resistance on Clostridium difficile infectionR01AI139261 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Kevin W Garey, Julian G Hurdle · 2018 to 2026
$6.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of antimicrobial resistance in Clostridioides difficile has markedly shaped its epidemiology and detrimentally impacted patient care. C. difficile exhibits resistance to multiple classes of antimicrobials, due to accumulation of horizontally acquired resistance genes and de novo mutations to drug targets. Particularly worrying is that declines in clinical success of firstline CDI antimicrobials coincide with the spread of strains that are more resistant to these drugs. Yet, there is still much to learn regarding the prevalence of genetic elements in clinical isolates, their molecular mechanisms, and the extent to which this information can be translated to develop molecular diagnostics that improve antimicrobial prescribing and antimicrobial stewardship approaches for CDI. Thus, this perspective discusses current understanding and knowledge gaps of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in C. difficile, emphasizing on CDI therapies.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioidesDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective Agents

Identifiers

PMID35077947
PMCPMC9064893
OpenAlexW4207046483

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Registered trials

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