The panelist discusses how recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections involve complex differential diagnosis, including persistent infection, reinfection, and other gastrointestinal conditions.

About 10% of patients admitted to a hospital carried Clostridioides difficile, even though they had no active symptoms of the infection, researchers found. Moreover, almost 40% of these carriers ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Over the past two decades there has been a sharp rise in the number and severity of infections caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile often shortened to C. diff now the most ...

The largest study of its kind has shown the most effective test for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile (C-Diff), a bacterial infection which causes 15,000-20,000 deaths a year in hospitals in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two-step testing was associated with a decrease in hospital-onset C. difficile infection. Similar decreases were ...

Patients staying in a hospital bed previously occupied by a patient with a Clostridium difficile infection have a higher risk of contracting one themselves, according to new research published Dec. 13 ...

This year in review of 2025 milestones in Clostridioides difficile infection features coverage of research on infection patterns presented at the American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2025 meeting ...

A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...

Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...

Preventative oral vancomycin reduces the incidence of C. difficle during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to a study by Pittsburgh-based University of Pennsylvania ...

Minnie Hatch, 29, from Salt Lake City, had painful stomach cramps, and other symptoms for months before finding out she had Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. These bacteria can grow out of control ...

Make sure to disinfect beds properly after they are used by someone with Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. According to a new study, staying in a bed previously used by a person with C. diff ...