A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff.

A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff.

The portion of our nervous systems responsible for the 'fight or flight' response can shape the severity of potentially deadly C. difficile infections, according to new research. The portion of ...

Twenty years ago, a respected colleague asked me to perform a “poop transplant” on a local schoolteacher with multiply recurrent C. difficile infection. I was incredulous and skeptical ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been cultivating "good viruses" from feces. The goal is to ...

With no approved vaccines to date, C. diff causes nearly 30,000 deaths each year in the US, and recurrent infections with the bacterium make up 10%-15% of all hospital-treated infections.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals today announced three poster presentations at the American College of Gastroenterology’s annual ...

Our intestines are home to 100 trillion microorganisms — some beneficial ... Older adults with weakened immune systems, for example, suffer from life-threatening infections with C. difficile. Today, ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been cultivating 'good viruses' from feces. The goal is to ...

We might soon have a way to prevent one of the world’s most debilitating and hard-to-treat infections in the world. Scientists are developing a cutting-edge vaccine that could stop ...

This bacteria, also known as C. difficile or C. diff, causes half a million infections and kills roughly 30,000 people in the U.S. each year. "C. diff is a really challenging pathogen," said lead ...

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