BOSTON — Clostridium difficile patients whose illness was diagnosed using PCR or nucleic acid amplification tests, or NAATs, more frequently received treatment within 4 hours compared with those ...

C. diff was detected in 18 percent of the participants using real-time PCR detection. Of the patients with detected C. diff , 72 percent had asymptomatic C. diff colonization.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A single-step nucleic acid amplification test in combination with a strict stool rejection policy detected more cases of Clostridium difficile compared with a combination of ...

In another study, researchers showed that levels of C difficile detected with PCR were much, much lower than those detected with other methods of testing (J Clin Microbiol. 2013;51:3624-3630 ).

Dear Dr. Roach: I had two previous episodes of C. diff and was treated with vancomycin. My stool tests the first time were negative. Recently, I got the same symptoms, and the doctor did a stool ...

The article describes efforts to reduce transmission of C. diff at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, R.I., by 75 percent between 2006 and 2012 through this six step approach: 1.

Clostridium difficile has surpassed MRSA as the most common hospital-acquired infection in community hospitals, according to a study (pdf) by Duke University Medical Center researchers. Research has ...

C. diff rise due to 'gene switch' ... NHS trusts have a target to cut C. difficile infections by 30% by 2010/11. ... In the past five years, a new group of highly virulent C. difficile strains has ...

A new study found the rates of C. difficile infections, commonly referred to as C. diff, were 15 percent higher in hospitals that use reusable sharps containers than in hospitals that use single ...

The patients died after contracting a new strain of the superbug Clostridium difficile (C. diff). ... 'This is the first published report of C difficile PCR ribotype 332 in the UK and worldwide.