The superbug Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, can cause dangerous gut infections ... "We don't know if there are resistant strains circulating and causing human infections because hospital ...

diff infections and prevented recurring cases. The results suggest the vaccine could become a flexible tool to target different strains of C. diff and prevent the pesky bacteria from trapping ...

diff known as NAP1/BI/027. This specific strain of C. diff produces more toxins than other strains. It also produces a type of toxin that helps the C. diff bacteria grow and remain in your gut.

A new study performed in mice has identified a compound that prevented C. diff infection caused by multiple strains of the bacterium, including those that cause serious illness. Researchers are ...

diff. Using whole genome sequencing at U-M of 425 C. difficile strains isolated from nearly 4000 fecal specimens, she compared the strains to each other to analyze spread. "By systematically ...

They used a genetic analysis to precisely track bacterial movement of C. diff strains around a hospital. C. diff exposure was present in about 10% of ICU patients, either on the person’s body or ...

C. diff infection is the leading cause of death ... of understanding regarding whether antimicrobial resistance to these strains may affect the clinical response to vancomycin therapy,” reports ...

Joshi and colleagues exposed three clinically relevant strains of C. difficile to in-use concentrations of NaOCl disinfectant at concentrations of 1,000 parts per million (ppm), 5,000 ppm and ...

Swabs revealed that both the woman and the cat were infected with the same strains of C. diff. The cat had no symptoms of the illness. The woman was otherwise healthy, did not smoke, drink ...

If your diarrhea from C. diff is very severe, get medical help quickly. Severe diarrhea can lead to life-threatening dehydration. If you have a condition, such as irritable bowel disease (IBD ...

C. diff infections can be deadly, and they are often acquired by hospitalized patients taking broad-spectrum antibiotics. More than 450,000 C. diff infections are reported in the United States ...