diff, says Ms. Wedig. “We dug into C. diff testing methodology to discover that many false negatives occur if you do not get the specimen to the lab and test it in a very timely manner,” she says.

C. diff causes about half a million infections in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Factors that increase risk of C. diff infection include ...

According to the study, a dilution of hypochlorite is typically used to disinfect areas contaminated with C. diff, but “hypochlorite has to be used in excessive concentrations to be effective ...

Consuming foods containing probiotics can be beneficial if a person has a clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection. A doctor may also recommend probiotic supplements. C. diff is a strain of ...

Gastroenterologists rely on testing to identify C diff infections, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are largely replacing ELISA assays. "PCR is an excellent, extremely sensitive test for ...

Q: When do we put a resident on isolation when we suspect a Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection, and when can we remove the isolation? A: Residents should be placed on contact precautions ...

diff. The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new ...

Clostridioides difficile(C. diff) is a bacterium that can infect the large intestine. Antibiotics used to treat it have been traditionally evaluated in a monoculture – not considering ...

Nursing assistants are more vulnerable to Clostridium difficile (C. diff) contamination on their hands than other healthcare workers, according to a new study published in Infection Control and ...

The inquiry at Antrim Civic Centre was set up after the deaths of a number of patients linked to C. diff. Professor Griffin from St George's University, London, told the independent panel that C.

Analysis of every C. diff infection, external in Oxfordshire for more than three years showed less than a fifth of cases had been spread between hospital patients. Researchers said there was a ...