We have had several residents with C. diff. Their families are asking if there is support available for them. Our staff wonders too. Can you assist? A C. diff. diagnosis can be traumatic. Many ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on April 4 in ...

WEBVTT ANTIBIOTICS CAN KNOCK OUT AN ILLNESS, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, THESE DRUGS CAN TRIGGER POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING INFECTION, CAUSED BY A BACTERIA COMMONLY KNOWN AS C-DIFF. IT’S BASICALLY WHEN BAD ...

The post New antibiotic beats deadly superbug in trials appeared first on Talker. A new antibiotic to fight the deadly " superbug " C. diff has proved effective in clinical trials. Treating patients ...

Q: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with antibiotics, ...

The pathogen C. diff—the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea—can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a competitive ...

New research assesses the efficacy of hospital disinfectants in killing off the superbug Clostridioides difficile. Share on Pinterest A new study shows that disinfectants do not completely eradicate C ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Hundreds of thousands of people suffer from a bacterial infection in their intestines that could be life-threatening. Many of those people are now resorting to an unusual treatment ...

Clostridioides difficile(C. diff) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine. Antibiotics used to treat it have been traditionally evaluated in a monoculture – not considering interactions ...

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After infection control teams in the Netherlands and Vancouver, Canada, reported success in using dogs to sniff out patients with Clostridium difficile, Toronto researchers want to know whether ...