C. difficile
C. diff in 2024: New Treatments For a Stubborn Problem
The key to understanding and effectively treating Clostridioides difficile infection is noting its two phases: the ...
MARCH 21, 2024
Lower Health Care–Acquired C. difficile Rates Seen During COVID-19
Lower rates of health care–acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) seen during the ...
AUGUST 31, 2021
CDI Risk Factors Identified for Geriatric Patients
Renal failure, anemia, malnutrition and the presence of infection at the time of hospital admission are all risk ...
AUGUST 28, 2021
Reducing Ciprofloxacin Use Stopped C. difficile Outbreak
Substantially reducing the use of antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin stopped an outbreak of severe diarrhea caused ...
MARCH 30, 2017
OpenBiome Now Stores Your Stool In Case of C. difficile Infection
OpenBiome, a public stool bank that provides clinicians with ready-to-use stool preparations for fecal microbiota ...
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
CDC Proposal Aims To Save Lives, Money and Decrease Resistance
Improvements in infection control and antibiotic prescribing could save 37,000 lives over five years and billions ...
DECEMBER 31, 2015
