New research undertaken by the University of Utah Health has found that one of the most common health care-associated infections spreads in intensive care units more than three times more than ...

The incidence of C. difficile trended downward from 5.76 per 10,000 patient-days to 5.65, but did not reduce enough to garner statistical significance.

When outside of the body, C. difficile forms spores that can remain on surfaces for months. The stubborn microbe that causes severe diarrhea and gut inflammation is resistant to many cleaning ...

As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important working relationships of my career is with the infection prevention department.

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JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) has received recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 455 hospitals in America with a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection rate ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation was not inferior to vancomycin for the treatment of primary Clostridioides difficile ...

Currently, C. difficile is first treated with antibiotics like vancomycin, against which the bacteria has not developed a ...

Vancomycin appeared to top placebo for lowering Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence rates in patients taking ...

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Fecal microbiota transplantation could be considered as first-line therapy for primary Clostridioides difficile infection.