The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is naturally present in the intestines of many people. When present in ...

A retrospective Chinese cohort study finds that serial changes in PCR cycle threshold values for the tcdB gene correlate with ...

In a new study, researchers modeled the transmission of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections among patients in ...

A new review in Gut Pathogens argues that SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 care pathways may create gut conditions ...

Hospital-acquired infections can cause severe complications in cancer patients, and C. diff is one of the most common.

In a recent review published in BMC Infectious Diseases, researchers reviewed existing data on Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) among United States residents. CDIs have caused considerable ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...

Clostridioides difficileis a major nosocomial pathogen whose virulence depends on toxin production and can be shaped by prophage carriage. Here, we dissect the molecular basis of phi027-dependent ...

A poster at the 2023 APIC Conference in Orlando, Florida, unveiled an innovative approach developed at an academic medical center for early identification of Clostridioides difficile Infections within ...

In a new study, researchers modeled the transmission of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections among patients in hospital cancer units.

Hospital ward cleaning with potassium peroxymonosulphate-based environmental disinfectant and a decrease in days of therapy with carbapenems were associated with a reduction in the rate of ...

Peggy Lillis was a healthy single mom raising two boys and working extra jobs on the weekend. All that ended on April 21, 2010, when an ICU doctor told her son Liam that his mom, who had been healthy ...