Casey Theriot

Mar 28, 2018

A Moveable Feast: Antibiotics Give C. diff a Nutrient-Rich Environment, No Competition

Antibiotic use creates a “banquet” for Clostridium difficile (C. diff), by altering the native gut bacteria that would normally compete with C. diff for nutrients...

Apr 2, 2017

Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Food Animals

Responsible drug practices and antimicrobial resistance research is a CVM priority. The CVM includes faculty considered experts on such matters who shape the international conversation on approaches on drug use and antimicrobial resistance...

Aug 31, 2016

Theriot Earns NIH Grant to Fight Bacterial Infections

The $1.5 million grant will allow Theriot to explore new bacterial therapies to combat one of the leading hospital-acquired infections that affects more than 500,000 Americans each year...

Jul 11, 2016

Gut Check: Grants Awarded for Gastrointestinal Disorders Research

The competitive CGIBD grant program funds researchers pursuing innovative research on digestive diseases...

Jan 18, 2016

CALS & CVM Partner on Animal Agriculture Research

The separate investigations into the production health of swine, cattle, and poultry will involve nine faculty members from the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and four from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). This is the second year of...

Jan 6, 2016

Antibiotics pave way for C. difficile infections by killing beneficial bile acid-altering bacteria

Researchers know that the use of certain antibiotics lead to a higher risk of C. diff infections, particularly among hospital patients. Casey Theriot, an assistant professor of infectious disease at NC State, wanted to know exactly how C. diff spores were interacting with the microbiota

Aug 10, 2015

College of Veterinary Medicine Welcomes Dr. Casey Theriot

Theriot joins the College after serving as a research investigator with the Division of Infectious Disease in the University of Michigan’s Department of Internal Medicine since...