A 70-year-old woman with a history of Clostridium difficile infection returned to the clinic with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Three stool samples were negative for C. difficile and WBCs. Would you ...

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) arises predominantly in healthcare settings following antibiotic-mediated disruption of the gut microbiota. Patients may present a spectrum from asymptomatic ...

C. diff, short for Clostridioides difficile (formerly called Clostridum difficile), is a type of bacteria that can cause an infection in your colon, the longest part of your large intestine. In most ...

A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative therapeutic strategies to antibiotics and fecal transplant. “To a certain extent, ...

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the ...

Purpose The pharmacology, clinical efficacy, safety, dosage and administration, and place in therapy of fidaxomicin for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are reviewed. Conclusion ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsey Waldman, MD, RD Key Takeaways Eat foods with probiotics like yogurt and kefir to help replenish ...

Patients receiving antihistamines to suppress stomach acid are at greater risk of infection from Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, a common cause of diarrhea, particularly in health care settings, ...

Clostridioides difficile is a notoriously nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same technology that enabled the first COVID-19 vaccines has shown early ...

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 ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts ...