A new government report says the intestinal infections in hospitals more than doubled between 2000 and 2005, when 301,200 patients were diagnosed with C. diff-related disease.

C&C, the Bulmers and Magners Irish cider maker, said last year the errors cost the group €11m in adjustment charges related to its 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial statements.

C. diff infects around 500,000 patients every year in the US, triggering symptoms including diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. Of these, about 30,000 die from the infection.

C. diff is a type of bacteria that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, and tenderness. It is commonly treated with antibiotics such as fidaxomicin (Dificid) and vancomycin (Firvanq). C. diff ...

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Named from the Greek kloster, for spindle, a class of bacteria known as Clostridia abounds in nature. Staining deep violet under the microscope, they appear as slender rods with a bulge at one end ...

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.

Scientists say they hope testing wastewater for pathogens, which gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic in B.C., continues and helps better inform the public of emerging threats going forward.

C. difficile is an opportunistic pathogen that often wreaks intestinal havoc after a course of antibiotics clears out healthy gut bacteria (SN: 10/24/18).The bacterium infects around 500,000 ...

The bacterium lives in many people’s gut, but other healthy bacteria keep C. diff under control. When you take antibiotics, there can be an overgrowth of C. diff.

This is an image of Mars, but let's pretend for a moment we don't know that and instead look at it like a weird form of Rorschach test. Maybe it looks like bacteria or amoebas under a microscope.