Researchers found a predictive screening tool and preventive model helped reduce healthcare-acquired Clostridium difficile infections in a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The ongoing epidemic of severe C. diff diarrheal disease -- driven by a 20-fold more toxic mutant strain of the bacteria -- is fast getting worse. Spread by spores that can live for months on dry ...

The CDC recently released a study in JAMA that points to healthcare settings as the main site of C. diff acquisition for healthy people, with 82% of C diff. cases acquired in healthcare facilities. C.

C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Over the past year, the British National Health Service has pulled off a feat that, so far, has eluded U.S. healthcare officials: cutting the number of Clostridium difficile cases detected in its ...

In comparison, there were zero cases of fulminant infection in the 102 patients who received fecal transplant via colonoscopy. "We found that fecal spores worked really well to protect people from a ...

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 ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) is one of the most common invaders and can cause post-antibiotic diarrhea and even life-threatening damage to the colon. With about 500,000 Americans contracting ...