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Miller M. |
L1 - THE ROLE OF INFECTION CONTROL IN Clostridium difficile OUTBREAKS: THERE IS SO MUCH WE DON'T KNOW
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Siu K.H.G. et al.
(Yam W.C.) |
01 - MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF Clostridium difficile IN HONG KONG
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Indra A. et al. |
O2 - HIGH OUTPUT PCR-RIBOTYPING OF Clostridium difficile DURING AN OUTBREAK OF PCR-RIBOTYPE 027 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA IN 2009
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Pillai D.R. et al.(Broukhanski G.) |
O3 - DEFINING CRITERIA TO INTERPRET MULTI-LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS TO AID Clostridium difficile OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION
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Session 2 chair: Bruno Dupuy |
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Kelly C.P. |
L2 - HOST RESPONSE TO C. difficile INFECTION |
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Papatheodorou P. et al. |
O4 - CLOSTRIDIAL GLUCOSYLATING TOXINS ENTER CELLS VIA CLATHRIN-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS |
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Popoff M.R. and Geny B. |
O5 - HOW DO LARGE CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS MODIFY THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON AND INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS AND ARE ALL CELLULAR EFFECTS DEPENDENT ON THEIR ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY ON SMALL GTPASES? |
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Miura M. et al. |
O6 - A NOVEL VIRULENCE FACTOR SRL MODULATES TOXIN B SENSITIVITY OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS |
Session 3 chair: Nigel Minton |
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Vedantam G. |
L3 - Clostridium difficile PATHOGENESIS MEDIATED BY NON-TOXIN VIRULENCE FACTORS
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Joshi L.T. et al. |
07 - CHARACTERISATION OF THE SPORE SURFACE OF Clostridium difficile AND ITS ROLE IN ADHERENCE |
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Reynolds C. B. et al. (Fairweather N.F.) |
08 - VARIATION AND CONSERVATION: THE REGULATION OF Clostridium difficile CELL WALL PROTEIN CWPV |
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Fortier L.C. et al. |
O9 - THE MULTIPLE FACETS OF BACTERIOPHAGES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DIVERSITY AND VIRULENCE OF C. difficile |
Session 4 chair: Glenn Songer |
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Buckley A. et al. |
O10 - INFECTION WITH DIFFERENT TOXINOTYPE STRAINS OF Clostridium difficile RESULTS IN CLEAR PATHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES IN THE HAMSTER MODEL |
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Zidaric V.et al. |
O11 - PREVALENCE AND TYPING OF C. difficile IN A GROUP OF WHITE VEAL CALVES |
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Squire M.M. et al. |
O12 - A NOVEL MOLECULAR TYPE OF Clostridium difficile IN NEONATAL PIGS IN AUSTRALIA |
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Medina- Torres C. et al.
(Weese J.S.) |
O13 - PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Clostridium difficile IN HORSES |
Session 5 chair: Anne Collignon |
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Lapage P. et al. |
L4 - HUMAN GUT MICROBIOTA: FUNCTIONALITY AND BACTERIA-HOST CROSSTALK |
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Kuehne S.A. et al. |
O14 - THE ROLE OF TOXINS IN Clostridium difficile INFECTION |
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Bobo L.D. et al. (Dubberke E.R.) |
O15 - MITOGEN ACTIVATED KINASE ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE-2 (P-MK2): RATIONALE FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROMISING BIOMARKER IN Clostridium difficile INFECTION |
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Lawley T.D. et al. |
O16 - HYPERVIRULENT Clostridium difficile INDUCES INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS TO ENHANCE TRANSMISSIBILITY |
Session 6 chair: Paola Mastrantonio |
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Riley T. |
L5 - CLASSICAL AND NOVEL APPROACHES IN C. difficile DIAGNOSTICS |
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Tenover F.C. et al. (Baron E.J.) |
O17 - IMPACT OF Clostridium difficile RIBOTYPE ON PERFORMANCE OF ANTIGEN-BASED DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS AND RESULTS OF PCR FOR REPEATED SAMPLES ON SAME PATIENT |
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Norén T. et. al |
018 - RAPID AND SENSITIVE LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) FOR Clostridium difficile DIAGNOSIS CHALLANGE CYTOTOXIN B CELL TEST AND CULTURE AS GOLD STANDARD |
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Babakhani F. et al. |
O19 - KILLING KINETICS OF FIDAXOMICIN AND ITS MAJOR METABOLITE (OP-1118) VS. Clostridium difficile |
Session 7 chair: Ian Poxton |
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Ben-Horin S. |
L6 - GUT IMMUNITY |
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Spencer J. et al. |
O20 - THE POTENTIAL USE OF REPEAT REGIONS IN THE BINDING DOMAINS OF TOXIN A AND TOXIN B FROM Clostridium difficile AS A VACCINE CANDIDATE |
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Mulvey G.L. et al. (Armstrong G.D.) |
O21 - THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF EGG YOLK ANTIBODIES FOR TREATING Clostridium difficile INFECTION |
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Tatarowicz W. et al. |
O22 - SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF AN ORAL SUSPENSION OF VP 20621, SPORES OF A NON-TOXIGENIC C. difficile STRAIN, IN HEALTHY OLDER SUBJECTS |
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Banks A. |
A NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME FOR Clostridium difficile INFECTION (CDI) IN SCOTLAND |
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Boetzkes A. / Pich A. |
LC-MS BASED SECRETOME ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS Clostridium
difficile STRAINS |
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Medeiros C.A.C.X /
Brito G A. C |
ROLE OF THE HEME OXYGENASE/CARBON MONOXIDE PATHWAY IN Clostridium difficile TOXIN A-INDUCED ENTERITIS IN MICE |
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Brown D.J./ Coia J.E. |
HIERARCHICAL APPLICATION OF PCR-RIBOTYPING AND MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS (MLVA) AS A METHOD FOR EXAMINING THE MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OUTBREAKS OF Clostridium difficile INFECTIONS IN SCOTLAND |
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Butt E. |
MODELLING RECURRENT Clostridium difficile INFECTION THROUGH WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING |
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Costa M. |
THE PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE IN Clostridium difficile IN CALVES |
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Drigo I. |
Clostridium difficile IN LOCALLY PRODUCED SALAMI IN NORTH-EASTERN ITALY |
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Dubberke E.R. |
COMPARISON OF Clostridium difficile DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS WITH PROSPECTIVE PATIENTS EVALUATIONS |
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Rolland D. / Foussadier A. |
EVALUATION OF VIDAS® C. difficile TOXIN A IgG AND VIDAS® C. difficile TOXIN B IgG PROTOTYPES ON BLOOD BANK SERA CHARACTERIZED WITH CYTOTOXICITY NEUTRALISATION ASSAY |
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Biazzo M. /
Galeotti C. L. |
DIVERSITY OF CWP LOCI IN CLINICAL ISOLATES OF Clostridium difficile |
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Goldenberg S.D. |
SURVEY OF ENGLISH NHS LABORATORY TESTING METHODS FOR Clostridium difficile REVEALS WIDESPREAD SUBOPTIMAL PRACTICE |
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Goldenberg S.D. |
PREVALENCE OF BINARY TOXIN GENE AND tcdC DELETIONS AND ASSOCIATION WITH DISEASE SEVERITY IN Clostridium difficile CLINICAL ISOLATES 2008 – 2010 |
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Gupta S.B. |
A LARGE PROSPECTIVE N. AMERICAN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED C.DIFFICILE COLONIZATION & INFECTION |
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Ito Y. |
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF Clostridium difficile AT A HOSPITAL IN JAPAN: SHIFTS IN THE PREDOMINANT PCR RIBOTYPE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD |
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Ivanova K. |
PREVALENCE OF Clostridium difficile PCR RIBOTYPES IN BULGARIA DURING AND AFTER THE PAN EUROPEAN SURVEILLANCE STUDY 2008-2010 |
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Janezic S. |
PREVALENT Clostridium difficile GENOTYPES AMONG HUMAN AND ANIMAL ISOLATES OTHER THAN RIBOTYPE 078 |
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Jardine C. / Weese J.S. |
Clostridium difficile IN WILD SMALL MAMMALS |
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Kim H. |
CHANGES PREVALENT PCR RIBOTYPES OF Clostridium difficile IN A TERTIARY CARE KOREAN HOSPITAL OVER 10 YEARS |
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Louie T.J. |
MICROBIOME PROFILES OF RECIPIENTS AND DONORS POST FECAL TRANSPLANTATION FOR MULTIPLY RECURRENT Clostridium difficile INFECTION |
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Metcalf D. / Weese J.S. |
ANALYSIS OF THE Clostridium difficile BINARY TOXIN LOCUS |
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Metcalf D. / Weese J.S. |
Clostridium difficile IN VEGETABLES AND SEAFOOD |
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Metcalf D. / Weese J.S. |
REFERENCE GENE EVALUATION AND BINARY TOXIN GENE EXPRESSON IN Clostridium difficile |
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Miyajima F |
Clostridium difficile INFECTION (CDI): PREDICTORS OF DISEASE SEVERITY AND DURATION OF SYMPTOMSIN A PROSPECTIVE COHORT |
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Mulvey M.R |
THE MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF Clostridium difficile IN CANADIAN HOSPITALS: 2005-2009 |
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Murillo R. / von Eichel-Streiber C. |
RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST TO DETECT Clostridium difficile RIBOTYPE 027 AND 017 INFECTIONS |
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Pirs T. / Ocepek M. |
Clostridium difficile ISOLATED FROM ANIMALS: SUSCEPTIBILITY TO 30 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS USING BROTH MICRODILUTION METHOD |
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Stammler M. / Widhalm S. |
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH CDAD IN AN AUSTRIAN HOSPITAL |
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Vohra P. |
EFFICACY OF DISINFECTANTS AND DECONTAMINANTS AGAINST Clostridium difficile |
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Murillo R. / von Eichel-Streiber C. |
RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST TO DETECT Clostridium difficile RIBOTYPE 027 AND 017 INFECTIONS |
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Bouvet P. |
GENETIC RELATEDNESS AMONG Clostridium difficile ISOLATES FROM VARIOUS ORIGINS BY TRIPLE-LOCUS SEQUENCE ANALYSIS BASED ON TOXIN REGULATORY GENES tcdC, tcdR AND cdtR |
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Peltier J. |
AUTOLYSINS OF Clostridium difficile INVOLVED IN VEGETATIVE GROWTH |
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Hell M. |
Clostridium difficile INFECTION IN HAEMATO-ONCOLOGIC PATIENTS - A TWO YEAR SINGLE CENTRE SURVEY |
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Murabata M. |
INTESTINAL COLONIZATION OF Clostridium difficile IN PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WARD ENVIRONMENT WITH THIS ORGANISM |
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Pituch H. |
DISTRIBUTION OF EPIDEMIC PCR-RIBOTYPES AND RESISTANCE TO ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS IN Clostridium difficile ISOLATED FROM DIARRHOEIC ADULT PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED BETWEEN 2004-2008 IN THREE HOSPITALS IN POLAND |
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Monot M. |
RE-ANNOTATION OF THE GENOME SEQUENCE OF Clostridium difficile STRAIN 630 |
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Permoser M. / Hell M. |
Clostridium difficile INFECTION-MONOCLONAL OR POLYCLONAL ? |
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Uhrmann K. /Hell M. |
SPOROCIDAL DISINFECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF CDI-PATIENTS-AN ESSENTIAL STRATEGY FOR PREVENTION OF NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF Clostridium difficile SPORES ? |
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Revathi G. |
THE HOLIN LIKE PROTEIN TCDE MEDIATES Clostridium difficile TOXIN SECRETION |
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Avbersek J. |
COMPARISON OF A TAQMAN-BASED REAL-TIME PCR ASSAY TO A COMMERCIAL PCRFAST Clostridium difficile A/B TEST FOR DETECTION OF TOXIGENIC Clostridium difficile IN ANIMALS |
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Roberts P. |
CHARACTERISTICS OF Clostridium difficile PCR-RIBOTYPE 027 ISOLATES AND ASSOCIATION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY IN A LARGE HOSPITAL SETTING IN LIVERPOOL |
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Skraban J. |
INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN Clostridium difficile POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ADULT HUMANS STUDIED BY DHPLC |
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Thean S. |
Clostridium difficile IN HORSES IN AUSTRALIA |
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Van Broeck J. |
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF Clostridium difficile ISOLATES IN BELGIUM |
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Van Broeck J. |
A TWO STEP ALGORITHM FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF Clostridium difficile INFECTION: SCREENING WITH A RAPID IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE AND TOXINS A AND B FOLLOWED BY A REAL-TIME PCR FOR Clostridium difficile |
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Weese J.S. |
PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF Clostridium difficile ISOLATED FROM BEEF CATTLE UPON ARRIVAL AND EXIT FROM FEEDLOTS |
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Weese J.S. |
PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Clostridium difficile FROM SLAUGHTER-AGE PIGS |
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Rousseau C. |
PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF Clostridium difficile STRAINS IN INFANTS |
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Marque-Juillet S. / Le Monnier A. |
DIAGNOSIS OF Clostridium difficile INFECTION IN CLINICAL LABORATORIES: A DIFFICULT COMPROMISE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, PRACTICABILITY AND COST |
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Viala C. / Le Monnier A. |
EVALUATION OF THREE COMMERCIALLY KITS FOR TOXIGENIC Clostridium difficile MOLECULAR DETECTION IN STOOLS |
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Le Monnier A. |
COMPARATIVE EFFICACIES OF DAPTOMYCIN AND VANCOMYCIN FOR TREATMENT OF Clostridium difficile-ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA IN HAMSTERS |
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Kato H. |
THE USE OF LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF Clostridium difficile PCR RIBOTYPE 027 |
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Nazari Shirvan A. |
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SURFACE PROTEINS OF Clostridium difficilee4 |
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Ammam F. / Marvaud J.C. |
PREVALENCE OF THE VANG-LIKE CLUSTER IN Clostridium difficile CLINICAL ISOLATES |