After suffering repeated bouts of debilitating Clostridium difficile infections, many patients significantly change their behaviors, but some precautions may do little to prevent future infections, ...

But the balance of healthy bacteria may be disrupted after taking antibiotics, leading to an overgrowth of C. diff and the release of toxins. Antibiotics intended to treat infections elsewhere in the ...

One of the most common health-care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. Clostridium difficile ...

C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...

A health care provider cleans their hands. Hand hygiene is a crucial measure to prevent the invisible spread of C. difficile and other infections. IMPACT: The results could spur more rigorous ...

Antibiotics prescribed by dentists may contribute to the growing problem of Clostridium difficile (C. diff), a serious and potentially deadly infection that causes severe diarrhea, suggests research ...

Experts are warning about soaring new cases of a deadly bacteria which leaves patients scared with the ‘worst diarrhoea ever’. Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, infections killed more than one in ...