diff, says Ms. Wedig. “We dug into C. diff testing methodology to discover that many false negatives occur if you do not get the specimen to the lab and test it in a very timely manner,” she says.

This abstract tackles some of these. The authors studied the kinetics of PCR positivity in C. diff and whether test positivity during or after treatment was a marker for recurrence. The average ...

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 ...

Doctors usually advise eating a diet of soft, easy-to-digest foods during a C. diff infection. It’s also important to drink lots of water to help avoid dehydration. What does your diet have to ...

"It may prevent them from having a C. diff relapse, which we know is very ... and 1.1% of the doxycycline patients had had a positive PCR test for C. difficile within the previous year.

The germ - Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. - flourishes in the gut after antibiotics kill off other bacteria and causes diarrhea. It can be severe and is blamed for about 15,000 deaths annually ...

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 ...

The superbug Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, can cause dangerous gut infections. There are limited options for treating it, and patients often experience reinfection, which can be deadly.

difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. C. diff infection is the leading cause of death due to ...