Researchers may not yet understand the mechanism behind recurrent Clostridium difficile infections, but they may have isolated five risk factors, according to a study published in Infection Control & ...

An increase in Clostridium difficile infection incidence has been associated with poor outcomes among hospitalized children, including increased risk of death, according to a recent study published in ...

Recognizing three risk factors can help hospitals perform targeted Clostridium difficile surveillance, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers studied the ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is considered to be the main cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in nosocomial settings. Since the beginning of the new century a continuous rise in the ...

Doctors typically consider testing for C. diff when a patient has persistent diarrhea after recent antibiotic use, particularly if they have other risk factors such as hospitalization or taking ...

Jason Pogue, PharmD, breaks down which antibiotic classes carry the highest C. diff risk and why treatment duration matters just as much. "Regardless of which agent I choose, there's going to come a C ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known as C. diff—are a serious and persistent problem for patients and hospitals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clostridiumdifficile infection (also known as C. diff or CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is a ...

“At Emory, I look forward to continuing this line of work and exploring innovative ways AI can help improve patient care,” says Shengpu Tang, who recently joined the university as assistant professor ...

TUESDAY, August 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most ...