The Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America shared updated guidelines for diagnosing and treating Clostridium difficile infections Thursday. Here are ...

Stollman is chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and works at the East Bay Center for Digestive Health, both in Oakland, California.. Twenty years ago, a ...

The combination of vancomycin and fecal microbiota transplantation was found to be superior to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in the treatment of patients with recurrent Clostridioides (formerly ...

Q: I’m not sure you’ll take this question because of the subject matter, but it seems pretty important. Our dad had a fecal transplant as a last-ditch treatment for C. diff, and it worked. Now I’ve ...

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 ...

Microbiota restoration may be a solution for effectively treating patients with Clostridiodes difficile infection, according to researchers. The primary outcome of this study found a 90% resolution of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . GenePOC Inc. has announced the launch and FDA clearance of its Clostridium difficile molecular test, GenePOC ...

Robert Hyde Sr. was first diagnosed with Clostridium Difficile, called C. diff, in 2013. He fought the infection, caused by a drug-resistant bacterium, for four years, vomiting almost every time he ...

A group of factors could predict which patients are likely to develop C. difficile and help providers prevent the infection, a study published in Science Translational Medicine found. 2. New strategy ...

It seemed like such a great idea. But at the end of the day, as they say, those dogs didn’t hunt. Or at least not well enough. New research from Toronto throws into question the notion that canines ...