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

An mRNA vaccine that targets several aspects of C. difficile’s ability to cause severe disease prevented major symptoms and death in mice.

H. pylori infections occur across the world due to exposure to saliva or stool in contaminated water or food. Learn how the ...

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

The global health organization says the lack of rapid diagnostic tests results in undertreatment and overtreatment of ...

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

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

Discover Merck's groundbreaking patent on genetic markers linked to enhanced C. difficile treatment responses. Learn how personalized therapy can improve patient outcomes.

bCentro INFANT de Medicina Traslacional (CIMeT), Escuela de Bio y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina cConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y ...

Antimicrobial drugs are widely used around the world to treat infections. However, the overuse of antimicrobials has resulted ...

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 ...

Tea tree oil might also help kill lice and their eggs. Fungal nail infections are getting harder to clear up because many fungi are resistant to the medicines that treat them. In studies ...