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| Title |
Gut solutions to a gut problem: bacteriocins, probiotics and bacteriophage for control of Clostridium difficile infection
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| Published in |
Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1099/jmm.0.058933-0 |
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| Authors |
Mary C Rea, Debebe Alemayehu, R Paul Ross, Colin Hill |
| Abstract |
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients and imposes a considerable financial burden on health service providers in both Europe and the USA. The incidence of CDI has dramatically increased in recent years, partly due to the emergence of a number of hypervirulent strains. The most commonly documented risk factors associated with CDIs are antibiotic usage leading to alterations of the gut microbiota, age >65 years and long-term hospital stay. Since standard therapies for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and CDI have limited efficacy, there is now an urgent need for alternative therapeutics. In this review, we outline the current state of play with regard to the potential of gut-derived bacteriocins, probiotics and phage to act as antimicrobial agents against CDI in the human gut. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 185 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Nepal | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 177 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 20% |
| Researcher | 28 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 16% |
| Unknown | 34 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 52 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 12% |
| Unknown | 43 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2024.
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#2,800,243
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#143
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#23,254
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#1
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