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 Consumer Reports ratings are based on data hospitals reported to the CDC between October 2014 and September 2015. The data is released periodically over the year. Consumer Reports also released C.

Researchers may not yet understand the mechanism behind recurrent Clostridium difficile infections, but they may have isolated five risk factors, according to a study published in Infection Control & ...

LPOXY is advancing SIDIPREV™ to a pivotal clinical trial to prevent C. difficile infections, which kill more Americans each year than all other CDC Urgent Threat infections combined. Founded in 2020 ...

Clorox Healthcare has developed a C. difficile prevention infographic based on the CDC’s recommendations. 1. Prescribe and use antibiotics carefully. Approximately 50 percent of all antibiotics given ...

Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...

Eat foods with probiotics like yogurt and kefir to help replenish good bacteria in your gut. A C. diff diet should include ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a fecal microbiota pill to treat recurrent infections caused by Clostridium difficile (C. diff), an antibiotic-resistant bacterium deemed an urgent threat ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Over the past two decades there has been a sharp rise in the number and severity of infections caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile often shortened to C. diff now the most ...

Some people will get repeat infections from Clostridium difficile (C. diff). They may develop the same symptoms they had before such as diarrhea, stomach pain, and loss of appetite. However, the only ...

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 ...