Surprising findings from a new study suggest that the burden of C. diff infection may be less a ... University Medical Center over a nine-month period. Arianna Miles-Jay, a postdoctoral fellow ...

The people most vulnerable to C. diff infection are those in medical care who require antibiotics for an extended period. Older individuals may also be at increased risk. C. diff’s main symptom ...

Omicron is swifter still, with an incubation period of roughly three days, according to a recent C.D.C. study. The amount of virus that builds up in someone’s body is known as viral load.

Researchers identified 28,339 patients with celiac disease and 141,588 controls at pathology departments in Sweden over a 39-year period ... had a history of C. diff. The study shows that the ...

Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. As a result ...