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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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing ...

Five insights from the report, written by Clayton Dalton, MD, a resident physician at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital: 1. In addition to antibiotic use being a risk factor for C. diff, ...

New statistics indicate the number of people—particularly children—who contract the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) has increased dramatically over the past few years. Mayo ...

WASHINGTON – March is the month when hospitals see more Clostridium difficile infections, and the Northeast is the region that leads the nation in the difficult to treat infection, researchers ...

C. diff colitis is inflammation of a person’s colon due to contagious bacteria. Most people with C. diff colitis fully recover, but in rare cases the condition can be life threatening. It is possible ...

Over the past decade, the superbug Clostrodium difficile (C. diff) has been on the rise in hospitals throughout the United States and England. The trend has many health experts concerned, as most ...

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is one of the most common infections picked up in hospitals, and, even once it’s cleared from the body, patients have a 1 in 6 chance of catching it again within ...

December 29, 2011 — Put a lid on it. That is the conclusion of research examining the amount of Clostridium difficile that flies into the air and contaminates surrounding surfaces with the flush of a ...

A new Phase 2 pilot study shows that giving spores of a non-toxic C. difficile bacteria by mouth is effective in stopping repeated bouts of C. diff infection, a major complication of hospitalization.

Susan Gottlieb recalls being wracked with unspeakable pain. Donna Gerek talks about the loneliness of a hospital isolation unit. And David Gould says he was considered a Typhoid Mary when fellow ...