Infants and children who are given prescription acid-reducing medications face a substantially higher risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection, a potentially severe colonic disorder ...

And now we have a clearer picture of how C. diff is specifically affecting kids. Researchers report in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicinethat infection of hospitalized children by ...

Household Transmission of Clostridium difficile to Family Members and Domestic Pets. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , 2016; 1 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.178 Cite This Page : ...

Analyses using a state-of-the-art assay revealed that these antibodies neutralized toxins that cause C. difficile infection, preventing harmful effects to cells exposed to these toxins.

More than half of all sandpits for children and pets tested were swarming with the bacteria Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff. And worryingly scientists found genetically diverse ...

A new antibiotic is not only more effective than our first-line treatments for Clostridium difficile infections, but it also significantly reduces the risk of reinfection, according to studies in ...

One dose of the drug, Rebyota, will be given to people with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) — a superbug which leads to infections causing fatal diarrhea. C. difficile throws the digestive ...

Consuming foods containing probiotics can be beneficial if a person has a clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection. A doctor may also recommend probiotic supplements. C. diff is a strain of ...

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria that is a normal component of the colon flora in humans. It can cause antibiotic-associated diarrhea (ADD) when competing bacteria ...

People with recurrent illness caused by hard-to-treat bacterium Clostridium difficile can be offered faecal transplants, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has said. C.