The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)—a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections—must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

Clostridiumdifficile infection spreads easily and is a frequent cause of death among hospitalized older adults.

C difficile colonization in infants has long been assumed to be harmless, but Joseph Zackular, PhD, researcher in the ...

Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, explains how shorter antibiotic courses and optimized dosing help balance treatment efficacy against C.

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 ...

Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, breaks down the institutional gaps, from antibiotic overuse to hand hygiene fatigue, that let ...

There are about half a million C. diff infections every year in the United States. About 30,000 people die from them annually. But if you’ve had C. diff, you’re more likely to get it again. About 1 in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In theory, clostridium difficile (aka C. diff) does not seem like a tough problem to solve. Yes, it's a deadly bacterial infection ...

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 ...

New research suggests that calcium in the gut plays an important part in enabling C. diff infections. The bacterium lurks in hospitals and nursing homes, surviving cleaning crews’ attempts to kill it ...

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) - a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections - must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow.

C. diff. Illustration by Renee Fox. NC State researchers developed a drug-testing pipeline to help identify compounds that worked against the three stages of Clostridium difficile infection, and found ...