The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota

Clostridioides difficile is the most prevalent pathogen of nosocomial diarrhea. In the United States, over 450,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI), responsible for more than 29,000 deaths, are reported annually in recent years. Because of the emergence of hypervirulent strains and strains less...

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Main Authors: Yongrong Zhang, Ashley Saint Fleur, Hanping Feng
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19490976.2022.2052698
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description Clostridioides difficile is the most prevalent pathogen of nosocomial diarrhea. In the United States, over 450,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI), responsible for more than 29,000 deaths, are reported annually in recent years. Because of the emergence of hypervirulent strains and strains less susceptible to vancomycin and fidaxomicin, new therapeutics other than antibiotics are urgently needed. The gut microbiome serves as one of the first-line defenses against C. difficile colonization. The use of antibiotics causes gut microbiota dysbiosis and shifts the status from colonization resistance to infection. Hence, novel CDI biotherapeutics capable of reconstituting normal gut microbiota have become a focus of drug development in this field.
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spelling doaj-art-808a5b0afefb4dea96027a64bf4abf1d2025-08-20T03:12:50ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGut Microbes1949-09761949-09842022-12-0114110.1080/19490976.2022.2052698The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiotaYongrong Zhang0Ashley Saint Fleur1Hanping Feng2Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, United StatesDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, United StatesDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, United StatesClostridioides difficile is the most prevalent pathogen of nosocomial diarrhea. In the United States, over 450,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI), responsible for more than 29,000 deaths, are reported annually in recent years. Because of the emergence of hypervirulent strains and strains less susceptible to vancomycin and fidaxomicin, new therapeutics other than antibiotics are urgently needed. The gut microbiome serves as one of the first-line defenses against C. difficile colonization. The use of antibiotics causes gut microbiota dysbiosis and shifts the status from colonization resistance to infection. Hence, novel CDI biotherapeutics capable of reconstituting normal gut microbiota have become a focus of drug development in this field.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19490976.2022.2052698Clostridioides difficilemicrobiotabiotherapeuticsdysbiosisreconstitution
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The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
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Clostridioides difficile
microbiota
biotherapeutics
dysbiosis
reconstitution
title The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
title_full The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
title_fullStr The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
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title_short The development of live biotherapeutics against Clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
title_sort development of live biotherapeutics against clostridioides difficile infection towards reconstituting gut microbiota
topic Clostridioides difficile
microbiota
biotherapeutics
dysbiosis
reconstitution
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19490976.2022.2052698
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