Pfizer's vaccine for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) looks like it may join a growing list of candidates that have been shelved or delayed, after the shot failed to meet its primary objective in a ...

C. diff causes nearly 30,000 deaths each year in the US, says Ferring, and recurrent infections with the bacterium make up 10%-15% of all hospital-treated infections.

A Cochrane review found that probiotics such as the one you provided can prevent diarrhea due to C. diff (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Dec. 19, 2017). In fact, ...

To combat one particularly vicious bacteria, known as C. diff, Tucson Medical Center bought a robot — here attended to by Denise Trujillo — to sanitize rooms. . A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily ...

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A liquid bowel movement (diarrhea) is usually related to a short-term health challenge like food poisoning or a virus. It may also be related to a chronic condition.

A small bump on your inner thigh may be a boil. This pus-filled bump is also called a furuncle. It’s often caused by an infection within a hair follicle or oil gland. Home remedies and medical ...

Q: My elderly mother had C. diff, as did a dear friend of mine who had been hospitalized. Both were treated with vancomycin, but the C. diff would return with debilitating diarrhea.