Researchers studied a toilet with a flushometer that was seeded with C. diff spores in a sealed chamber. They flushed the toilet 24 times and periodically collected postflush bowl water samples and ...

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Medical School researchers found that calcium in the gut may help Clostridium difficile bacteria germinate. The new research shows C. diff, which forms ...

EPA also released regulatory guidance for test criteria and pesticide claims for these products, specifically “Methods and Guidance for Testing the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Products Against Spores of ...

As if hospitals aren't bad enough, a really dangerous bug called Clostridium difficile is all over the place. And this bug, more commonly known as (C. diff), is not so easy to kill. Researchers looked ...

It seemed like such a great idea. But at the end of the day, as they say, those dogs didn’t hunt. Or at least not well enough. New research from Toronto throws into question the notion that canines ...

Community exposure to the superbug Clostridiodes difficile may be more common than previously thought, with a surprising amount of spores carried on the soles of shoes, a new study has found. C. diff ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - It lurks in hospitals and nursing homes, surviving the cleaning crew's attempt to kill it by holing up in a tiny hard shell. It preys upon patients already weak from disease or ...

Clostridioides difficile, often known as C. diff, is a dangerous microbe that can cause serious health problems in the gut such as colitis and diarrhea. Millions of people are thought to be infected ...

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What are the characteristics of C. difficile infection? Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium that induces inflammation in the intestine via two toxins, namely TcdA and TcdB. A variety of ...

On September 29, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of two final test method Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for evaluating the efficacy of ...