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

This is the reality for nearly 500,000 Americans each year who have the bacterial infection known as Clostridioides ... Hospitals try to prevent C diff. among patients in several ways.

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers found that fidaxomicin, a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, has increased in use but "remains underutilized." ...

New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows. The measures, developed by the CDC and collected through ...

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 ...

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 Royal Liverpool Hospital has missed its targets on C.diff infections for eight consecutive months Sub-standard cleaning in hospitals may be linked to rising cases of the bacterial infection C.

Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

difficile in patients, health bosses have said. The Royal Liverpool Hospital has a set target of less than four C.diff infections per month - but recorded 16 in July alone. The hospital also ...

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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in the urinary system. This is the system that makes and stores urine and carries it out of your body. An infection can happen when bacteria get ...