A nurse, based in Wales in the United Kingdom, developed a board game focused on Clostridium difficile to help healthcare providers more thoroughly understand and fight the infection, according to a ...

Known as one of the superbugs that resists most antibiotics, Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, causes inflammation of the colon and can lead to diarrhea and sometimes death. The stubborn bacteria ...

C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most common causes of diarrhea linked to ...

Patients with Clostridioides difficile infection had different bacterial and fungal composition in their stool compared with that of uninfected patients, researchers found. Distinct species of fungus ...

Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

C. diff is a type of bacteria that can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, and tenderness. It is commonly treated with antibiotics such as fidaxomicin (Dificid) and vancomycin (Firvanq). C. diff, short ...

The pathogen C. diff—the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea—can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a competitive ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on April 4 in ...