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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a Healio video exclusive, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, highlighted how live ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “C. difficile is a major problem for people in the United States; it is the most common health care-associated ...

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a common bacterial gastrointestinal infection, causing almost half a million cases of illness in the United States each year. Recovery from a C. difficile ...

What are the characteristics of C. difficile infection? Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium that induces inflammation in the intestine via two toxins, namely TcdA and TcdB. A variety 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 in ...

Diarrhoea is a common side effect of antibiotic treatment, occurring in 2–25% of people taking antibiotics, and depends on a range of factors including the antibiotic. The most common cause of ...

The use of antibiotic drugs to treat other infections can increase the risk of C. difficile. For this reason, the infection most often affects older adults staying in the hospital or using long-term ...

Use of broad‑spectrum antibiotics is associated with an increased incidence of Clostridium difficile infection. This briefing reviews the evidence assessing the risk of C. difficile infection ...