A C. diff (Clostridioides difficile ... Clostridioides difficile (previously known as Clostridium difficile) is a highly contagious organism that primarily impacts people over age 65, particularly ...

Q. My son picked up an infection in the hospital recently. It sounded like the doctors were calling it “see-dift.” It gave him terrible diarrhea. Do you know what this is? A. The doctors were ...

Uruguay's main university hospital, suffering from an outbreak of the highly contagious bacteria “Clostridium ... the number of infection cases by C-diff increased towards the end of 2013.