The study — which used data from more than 700 patients at seven hospitals in the Houston area — found that no single genetic strain of the C. diff bacteria is any more harmful than other strains.

Among C. diff infections that developed because of the new strain, 43 percent classified as severe in accordance with Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology ...

C. difficile, MRSA, and VRE Strains One C. difficile strain from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and 3 strains cultured from patients with CDI in Cleveland were studied. ATCC 43593 is ...

Essentially, there was very little evidence that the strains of C. diff from one patient to the next were the same, which would imply in-hospital acquisition.

These fluoroquinolone-resistant strains are responsible for a global outbreak of C. diff throughout the early 2000s.

Probiotic supplements are often consumed after antibiotic treatment to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease, most commonly caused by Clostridioides difficile (C. diff). However, the actual ...

A new study finds that different probiotic strain can either accelelrate or delay the gut microbiome's recovery following antibiotic treatment. The study shows the need for better ...

Five different toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile of known human epidemiologic importance were tested for virulence in hamsters. Three strains-types B1, J9, and K14-have caused hospital ...

But its power to fight the bacterium may be waning: In the early 2000s, vancomycin cleared up nearly 100% of C. difficile cases but more recently that cure rate has dropped to 70%, the Houston ...