The C. diff infection was detected in 2.6 percent of patients not exposed to carriers and in 4.6 percent of patients exposed to carriers who showed no symptoms.

Patients admitted to the hospital between 2010-13 were included in the analysis if they were younger than 65, had a C. diff infection diagnosis in 2011, had at least 12 months of continuous ...

If it takes up residence in the large intestine, C. diff can cause a range of gastrointestinal symptoms. The most common are colitis, which is widespread inflammation of the colon, and persistent ...

If it takes up residence in the large intestine, C. diff can cause a range of gastrointestinal symptoms. The most common are colitis, which is widespread inflammation of the colon, and persistent ...

The C. diff bacterium causes debilitating symptoms, such as severe diarrhea, fever, stomach tenderness or pain, loss of appetite, nausea and colitis (an inflammation of the colon). 1 C. diff ...

Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, infections killed more than one in 10 cases in 2023/4 and costs the NHS tens of thousands of pounds. Doctors are now also warning that cases and deaths could ...

However, an appeals court has revived it, agreeing that the North Andover facility’s inability to pinpoint resident Edward Cahill’s outward infection symptoms may have led to his 2013 death ...

Stats revealed 2,164 patients died from C. diff from 2023 to 2024, which translates to a 12.9 per cent fatality rate. When it reached it's peak in 2007, over 7,000 people lost their lives.

People who had a C. diff infection in the prior year, using doxycycline was associated with a 45% reduction in antibiotic-associated C. diff infection compared to azithromycin.

Dear Reader: For those who are not familiar, C. diff is short for Clostridioides difficile, a potentially life-threatening bacterium. If it takes up residence in the large intestine, C. diff can cause ...