Researchers recently conducted a multicenter observational cohort study to examine the condition severity and the clinical outcomes of patients with different Clostridium difficile strains. The ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital (Providence) have developed a new test for Clostridium difficile able to distinguish between strains of varying virulence, according to research published in the ...

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is named “difficult” for a reason. Originally, it was hard to grow in the lab, and, now, it’s the source of gut infections that are tough to treat. About half a ...

For months after she left the hospital in June 2004, 83-year-old Annie Peterson suffered chronic diarrhea and intestinal pain. She had become too weak to climb steps. Doctors finally diagnosed the ...

The focus of the new review into the effectiveness of disinfectants in the hospital setting is with Clostridium difficile (C. diff). The organism is a Gram-positive species of spore-forming bacteria.

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on April 4 in ...

The presence of antigen-specific and neutralizing antibodies was not associated with Clostridioides difficile infection symptoms, severity, therapy approach, treatment response, or recurrences in a ...

A new article details a research breakthrough that provides a promising starting point for scientists to create drugs that can cure C. diff -- a virulent health care-associated infection that causes ...

A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), uncovers the long-sought-after, three-dimensional structure of a toxin primarily responsible for devastating ...

Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, Clostridium difficile. There are many strains of C. diff, some of which crank out toxic chemicals that damage gut ...

For months after she left the hospital in June 2004, 83-year-old Annie Peterson suffered chronic diarrhea and intestinal pain. She had become too weak to climb steps. Doctors finally diagnosed the ...