Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column noted that a few people need to take antibiotics before dental procedures to prevent a prosthetic knee infection. My friend doesn't have a joint or heart problem, ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in the hunt for a new vaccine for killer hospital bug Clostridioides difficile (C. diff). University of Exeter researchers first identified a gene in C. diff ...

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 ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

Clostridioides difficile infection is the leading cause of healthcare-associated infections, resulting in high rates of mortality, with upto 35% of patients experiencing recurrent infections.

Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

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 ...

Outcomes of colorectal cancer hospitalization with and without coexisting nutritional anemia: A National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2016 to 2019 database study. Effect of pertinent non-demographic ...

This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for managing Clostridioides difficile infection in adults, young people and children aged 72 hours and over in community and hospital ...

In a recent review published in BMC Infectious Diseases, researchers reviewed existing data on Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) among United States residents. CDIs have caused considerable ...

Mice fed a high-fat, high-protein diet were more likely to develop and die from antibiotic-driven Clostridioides difficile infections than mice fed a standard diet. In the same study, a ...

Dangerous bacteria that pose a particular threat to the elderly and very sick hospital patients have been shown to survive on disposable hospital gowns and stainless steel surfaces — even after ...