ARLINGTON, Va. (April 12, 2023) — Five medical organizations say it is essential that hospitals establish antimicrobial stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...

REBYOTA is indicated for the prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection in individuals 18 years of age and older, following antibiotic treatment for recurrent C. diff ...

A total of 54% of adults in the United States were “not at all” familiar with clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a bacterial infection that causes nearly 30,000 deaths in the US each year, according ...

Five medical organizations say it is essential that hospitals establish antimicrobial stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infections. These infections, linked to ...

An infection with Clostridioides difficile (or C. diff in the trade) that occurs 72 hours after admission to the hospital is considered hospital-acquired. Medicare penalizes hospitals financially if ...

Pre-specified secondary endpoint showed 0-11 vaccine to placebo case split for medically attended C. difficile infection (CDI), corresponding to 100% vaccine efficacy Median CDI duration was 1 versus ...

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) ...

The panelist discusses how recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections involve complex differential diagnosis, including persistent infection, reinfection, and other gastrointestinal conditions.

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...