A study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine shows clinical history, especially a history of immunodeficiency, is a better diagnosis tool for Clostridium difficile in pediatric patients than ...

When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...

Asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. difficile in hospitals increase the risk of infection for other patients, according to a study published in Gastroenterology. Researchers performed ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research. The ...

Charles Darkoh, Ph.D., a researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, was recently awarded a five-year, $1.9 million R01 grant by the ...

The expert guidelines make a conditional recommendation to consider the use of probiotics in adults who take antibiotics ...

SAN DIEGO -- Administering fecal microbiota via colonoscopy instead of rectally prevented recurrence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) for up to 2 months with no major safety signals, according to a ...