Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...

Approximately 10 percent of elderly patients are readmitted due to Clostridium difficile infections, according to preliminary data reported in MedPage Today. Researchers studied Medicare claims data ...

Study findings suggest healthcare providers should conduct active surveillance of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in C. diff patients, according to research published in the American Journal of ...

Twenty-six percent of patients with a recent Clostridium difficile infection received only unnecessary antimicrobials, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Researchers ...

After suffering repeated bouts of debilitating Clostridium difficile infections, many patients significantly change their behaviors, but some precautions may do little to prevent future infections, ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial ...

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 ...

Bethesda, MD (Feb. 21, 2024) — In the first comprehensive evidence-based guideline on the use of fecal microbiota-based therapies for gastrointestinal disease, the American Gastroenterological ...

Compared with azithromycin, doxycycline was associated with reduced Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a retrospective cohort ...

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 diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he ...

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 ...