Hand sanitizer is great to have when you absolutely can’t wash your hands, but you shouldn’t depend on it, given its inability to kill certain bacteria or viruses such as C. diff and norovirus ...

Common antibiotics include penicillins, such as amoxicillin, and other types including cephalosporins (like cefalexin), or tetracyclines (like doxycycline). Antibiotics are medicines that are used to ...

Pfizer is currently in a Phase 2 proof-of-concept study for its second-generation Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) vaccine, PF-07831694. This vaccine targets C. diff toxins A and B, which cause ...

A small amount of C. diff bacteria is usually present in the gut along with healthy bacteria that aid digestion. Augmentin and other antibiotics can kill both healthy and unhealthy bacteria.

Gram staining and various biochemical test were used for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The plants leaves were aseptically washed, dried and ground into fine powder and diluted in ...

An mRNA vaccine designed to target C. difficile and the toxins it produces protected mice from severe disease and death after exposure to lethal levels of the bacterial pathogen, researchers ...

Crestone's med stopped C. diff’s notorious comebacks: Just 4% of patients who received it had their infections return, compared to 23% for vancomycin.

First, gram-negative bacteria have a thin cell wall that is about 1.5 to 10 nanometers across, whereas gram-positive bacteria have a thick cell wall measuring about 20 to 80 nanometers.

A serious vitamin C deficiency is easy to spot: People often feel so sick with fatigue, aches, and pains that they go to a doctor for testing, says Pieter Cohen, MD, of Harvard Medical School.

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

New antibiotic targets only gram-negative bacteria, sparing the gut Paul Hergenrother’s lab discovered a compound that leaves commensal bacteria alone by Rowan Walrath May 29, 2024 ...

In parallel, the samples were cultured to evaluate the presence or absence of the tested microorganism. To assess SG and SH’s presence/absence, samples were diluted in peptone water and incubated for ...