According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) accounts for 15% to 25% of all cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The bacterium lives in ...

A team led by researchers at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Medical Center analyzed C. difficile rates among 46 hospitals in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network between July 1, 2019 ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 6 people experience a recurring infection within 2 to 8 weeks of the initial infection. There are two types of recurring C ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsey Waldman, MD, RD A C. diff (Clostridioides difficile ) diet may help alleviate diarrhea (the ...

Many people who have C. diff have recurrent infections, and the symptoms of a recurrence are broadly similar to those of the original infection. Learn more.

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 ...

Each day, about 1 in 32 U.S. patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection, according to the CDC. This figure may change, however, as infection prevention efforts improve ...