ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology
Bezlotoxumab for the prevention of recurrent
Article in Annals of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Microbiome-based therapeutics forGut microbes · 2026Review
- Divergent mechanistic pathways of diarrheagenic bacterial infections at the host-microbiota interface: a review.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Risk factors and outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with colorectal cancer: critical perspective in management.Gut pathogens · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Several clinical factors increase the susceptibility of cancer patients to Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary care cancer center, including patients who received bezlotoxumab with standard-of-care antibiotics for CDI or rCDI between March 2016 and January 2023. Descriptive analyses were conducted. Results: A total of 177 patients with cancer who received bezlotoxumab were included. Most (76.8%) experienced <2 CDI episodes, whereas 23.2% experienced ≥2 episodes. Bezlotoxumab was administered a median of 10 days (interquartile range [IQR] 5-12.5) after symptom onset, and fidaxomicin was the most frequently used concurrent antibiotic (41.2%). Eleven patients (6.2%) underwent fecal microbiota transplantation before or after bezlotoxumab treatment. The overall 90-day rCDI recurrence rate was 6.2% (11 patients), with a median time to recurrence of 50 days (IQR 25-58). Conclusions: Bezlotoxumab demonstrated high efficacy in reducing rCDI within a 90-day period after administration, compared to rates in the non-cancer population. The findings suggest that administration of bezlotoxumab for rCDI prevention should be considered, given the improvement in the outcome of this high-risk group.
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