Researchers screened patients for C. diff using real-time PCR, a toxin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a toxigenic culture. Researchers suggest PCR detection may be contributing to the ...

White cell count The researchers acknowledge the clinical team can't definitely blame an increase or decrease in these markers on C. diff alone but note it can generally link an acute rise or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Houston released a new study that found 26.4 percent of shoes carry a bacteria called Clostridium difficile, also known as "C. diff." It turns out C. diff is a ...

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 ...

Participants were 68 years old, on average. Those with depressive disorders or major depression were 35% and 36% more likely to get C. diff, respectively, researchers found. Widowed people were 54 ...

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.