The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is named “difficult” for a reason. Originally it was hard to grow in the lab, and now ...

Updated guidelines recommend fidaxomicin as the first-line agent for C difficile infection, but researchers found use in US ...

C. difficile spores are highly resistant to desiccation, chemicals and extreme temperature. Spores frequently contaminate the environment around patients with CDI, potentially persisting for ...

Study finds underutilization of fidaxomicin, a recommended treatment for C. diff infection, despite increased use in hospitals.

The Clostridioides difficile Infections (Clostridium difficile Associated Disease) drugs in development market research report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutics under development ...

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diff infection. "Many of us are colonized with ... Hospitals try to prevent C diff. among patients in several ways. They impose scrupulous hand-washing requirements among staff members.

She led CDC activities to detect and prevent infections in healthcare settings, like C. diff, and promote healthcare safety in the United States and worldwide. Before her tenure at the CDC ...

diff or C. difficile) — a highly contagious germ that kills 30,000 Americans annually, most of them older adults. The infection took hold when an antibiotic prescribed for a tooth infection killed ...