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- Title
Management of adult Clostridium difficile digestive contaminations: a literature review.
- Authors
Mathias, Fanny; Curti, Christophe; Montana, Marc; Bornet, Charléric; Vanelle, Patrice
- Abstract
Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) dramatically increased during the last decade and cause a major public health problem. Current treatments are limited by the high disease recurrence rate, severity of clinical forms, disruption of the gut microbiota, and colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). In this review, we resumed current treatment options from official recommendation to promising alternatives available in the management of adult CDI, with regard to severity and recurring or non-recurring character of the infection. Vancomycin remains the first-line antibiotic in the management of mild to severe CDI. The use of metronidazole is discussed following the latest US recommendations that replaced it by fidaxomicin as first-line treatment of an initial episode of non-severe CDI. Fidaxomicin, the most recent antibiotic approved for CDI in adults, has several advantages compared to vancomycin and metronidazole, but its efficacy seems limited in cases of multiple recurrences. Innovative therapies such as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and antitoxin antibodies were developed to limit the occurrence of recurrence of CDI. Research is therefore very active, and new antibiotics are being studied as surotomycin, cadazolid, and rinidazole.
- Subjects
CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile; PUBLIC health; VANCOMYCIN resistance; METRONIDAZOLE; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; FIDAXOMICIN
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 38, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0934-9723
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-018-3419-z