Genomics|Features|Clostridium difficile

Genomics|Features|Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile: Genomics and Public Health - January 27, 2015

CDC Information: Clostridium difficile Infection

CDC Vital Signs: Stopping C. difficile infections

Diagnosis and treatment of C difficile in adults. This systematic review summarizes the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection. 
Bagdasariann , et al. JAMA, January 27, 2015

Diagnostic pitfalls in Clostridium difficile infection.
Planche T, Wilcox M. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015 Jan 13.

The genome of Clostridium difficile 5.3. 
Aaron E Darling, et al.  Gut Pathog. 2014 Feb 24;6(1):4.

Whole genome sequencing reveals potential spread of Clostridium difficile between humans and farm animals in the Netherlands, 2002 to 2011
Knetsch CW, et al. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(45):pii=20954.

Clostridium difficile isolates with high linezolid MICs harbor the multiresistance gene cfr
Marin M, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59(1): 586-589.

Impacts of infection with different toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains on faecal microbiota in children.
Ling Z, et al. Sci Rep. 2014 Dec 15;4:7485

Evolutionary history of the clostridium difficile pathogenicity locus. 
Kate E. Dingle et al. Genome Biol Evol (2014) 6 (1): 36-52.

Diverse sources of C. difficile infection identified on whole-genome sequencing. 
David W. Eyre, et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 26;369(13):1195-205.

Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission.
Didelot X, et al. Genome Biol. 2012 Dec 21;13(12):R118

Sequencing of bacterial genomes: principles and insights into pathogenesis and development of antibiotics. 
Donkor ES. Genes (Basel). 2013 Oct 14;4(4):556-72.

Fourteen-genome comparison identifies DNA markers for severe-disease-associated strains of Clostridium difficile.
Forgetta V, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;49(6):2230-8.