The global burden and trend of Clostridioides difficile and its association with world antibiotic consumption, 1990–2019
Clostridioides difficile, as a spore-forming, gram-positive bacillus responsible for the spectrum from infectious diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis to megacolon and death, stands as one of the most common health care-associated infections [1,2]. Clostridioides difficile’s spores can easily colonise in intestinal epithelia and activate when antibiotics disrupt healthy indigenous microbiota, making it the leading cause of […]
Authors
- Xiaogang He
- Yonghao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0205-1816)
- Qintao Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-6699)
- Yaoyu Guo
- Xiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-2193)
- Xiaoxi Xie
- Chunhui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-1487)
- Yanni Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3924-8535)
- Zhiyuan Sun
- Chong Geng
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
- University Medical Centre Mannheim (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04135
- Citations
- 19
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.39
Funders
- University of Washington