In a major step toward a precision therapy for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection, researchers at The Hospital for ...

Opioids are often used to treat pain, especially after surgery or injury. But past research shows opioids can weaken the ...

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that opioid use could make patients more vulnerable to infections.

An increase in Clostridium difficile infection incidence has been associated with poor outcomes among hospitalized children, including increased risk of death, according to a recent study published in ...

The Emerging Infections Program used C. diff infections at 10 U.S. sites to estimate the national burden of C. diff through infection rates, recurrences, hospitalizations and hospital deaths from 2011 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, said he will prioritize preventing chronic disease, shifting funding from vaccine and infectious disease ...

A C. diff (Clostridioides difficile) diet may help alleviate diarrhea (the primary symptom) that is associated with this ...