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 ...
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 ...
LAS VEGAS — Potentially deadly antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) affects 3 million Americans each year and is increasingly difficult to treat. Clinicians may want ...
Primary-care clinicians should be aware that a patient’s diarrhea or abdominal cramps could be the result of infection with Clostridium difficile. Researchers report that infection with this bacterium ...
Clostridiumdifficile infection (also known as C. diff or CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is a frequent cause of death among hospitalized older adults. Keystone ...
Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...
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 ...
A novel vaccination approach developed by Vanderbilt Health researchers cleared the harmful gut bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in an animal model of infection. An experimental vaccine ...
The study of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to reveal intricate details of its pathogenesis, epidemiology and potential novel therapies. Research has elucidated how the bacterium, ...
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