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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 ...

One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. There's a lot going on ...

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, ...

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers found that fidaxomicin, a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, has increased in use but “remains underutilized.” The ...

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 ...

A health care provider cleans their hands. Hand hygiene is a crucial measure to prevent the invisible spread of C. difficile and other infections. IMPACT: The results could spur more rigorous ...

Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) have uncovered why C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) infection has developed resistance ...

The Infection Control Professionals of Southern New England provides a free, downloadable brochure on Clostridium Difficile infection. It also provides steps to properly wash hands with soap and water ...

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 ...

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

Christian John Lillis, cofounder and executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation for C difficile Education & Advocacy, explained how FDA-approved microbiome-based therapeutics help to treat and ...