Risk Factors of Fecal Toxigenic or Non-Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization: Impact of Toll-Like Receptor Polymorphisms and Prior Antibiotic Exposure

STAT2*C related genotypes and allele but not TLR4 and CD40 gene polymorphisms are associated with higher susceptibility for asthma

(2012) Yao-Yuan Hsieh et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Evaluating contemporary antibiotics as a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection in surgical trauma patients

(2012) Kruti Shah et al.   Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Impact of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile Colonization and Infection among Hospitalized Adults at a District Hospital in Southern Taiwan

(2012) Yuan-Pin Hung et al.   PLoS One

NFKB1 −94 Insertion/Deletion ATTG Polymorphism Contributes to Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

(2011) Ming Gao et al.   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY

Host and Pathogen Factors forClostridium difficileInfection and Colonization

(2011) Vivian G. Loo et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Decrease the Risk of Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2011) Shi Minmin et al.   PLoS One

The Clostridium difficile Cell Wall Protein CwpV is Antigenically Variable between Strains, but Exhibits Conserved Aggregation-Promoting Function

(2011) Catherine B. Reynolds et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Role for TLR4 in Clostridium difficile Infection and the Recognition of Surface Layer Proteins

(2011) Anthony Ryan et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Common Polymorphism in the Interleukin‐8 Gene Promoter Is Associated with an Increased Risk for RecurrentClostridium difficileInfection

(2010) Kevin W. Garey et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clostridium difficile Infection at a Medical Center in Southern Taiwan: Incidence, Clinical Features and Prognosis

(2010) Chih-Huan Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Identification of Haplotype Tag SNPs Within the Entire TLR2 Gene and Their Clinical Relevance in Patients With Major Trauma

(2010) Ke-hong Chen et al.   SHOCK

Rho proteins are negative regulators of TLR2, TLR3, and TLR4 signaling in astrocytes

(2009) Elizabeth Borysiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Clostridium difficile— More Difficult Than Ever

(2008) Ciarán P. Kelly et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Clostridium septicum myonecrosis complicating diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

(2008) Tracy E. Hunley et al.   PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

Case-Control Study of Antibiotic Use and Subsequent Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients

(2007) Roger Baxter et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY