diff makes spores that are shed in feces and can live on surfaces for up to five months, even after cleaning ... infections ...

Patients suffering from a recurrent infection with the C difficile bacteria have benefited from a microbiome treatment from Rebiotix. The results from the open label phase 2 trial confirm that ...

So how big a danger are hospital-acquired infections ... previously known as Clostridium difficile and abbreviated to C. diff. A very common type of bacteria, particularly prevalent in the ...

the outbreak is limited to the University hospital, the largest in the country. There are no reports of C-diff bacterial infection in private or other public hospitals.