To diagnose a C. diff infection, a doctor typically starts by asking some questions about your symptoms and medical history. Next, they may order stool testing which involves obtaining a stool sample.

For the latter group, C. diff testing could not be ordered for patients who had been given laxatives within 48 hours, who had been treated for C. diff 14 to 24 days prior, or who had tested ...

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 ...

In which patients do you test for C difficile before treating? Does the timing of the testing influence when you start treatment?

Previous testing on the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating C. diff has used monocultures – cultures containing one bacterium. For this research, the authors built a model that contained ...

After discharge patients should be informed that any recurrent diarrhea after discharge for three months should undergo stool testing for C-diff.” Dr. Vigna adds, “There are occasions that C ...

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 ...