T he antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C.

EP: 12.Common Comorbidities Associated With Recurrent C Difficile Infections ...

How does recurrent C difficile infection impact health care resources utilization and other medical costs? What are the ways in which recurrent C difficile infection can adversely impact a patient ...

There are currently no C. difficile vaccines available, and the main treatment for the infection is a lengthy course of ...

Therefore, a two-step diagnostic algorithm with a rapid highly sensitive screening method to identify positive samples, to be confirmed by gold standard, should be strongly recommended. Some ...

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 ...

Patients suffering from a recurrent infection with the C difficile bacteria have benefited from a microbiome treatment from Rebiotix. The results from the open label phase 2 trial confirm that ...

The use of fecal microbiota, live-jslm (RBL; REBYOTA®) in the prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection ...

Once C-diff is in the ascendancy it can be very hard to shift – the traditional treatment is antibiotics but a significant number of patients do not respond and are left with relentless and ...