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

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

Therefore, new therapeutic or strategies already available for treatment of CDI have two goals: eradicating the infection, despite the continuation of concomitant therapy, and reducing the ...

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

New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections ... a particular hospital contract certain infections during the course of medical treatment when compared to similar hospitals.

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

Bacterial infections resulting in enteritis, sometimes extra-intestinal infections such as sepsis, continue to be a global ...

After using her brother as a donor, Koepke reported that her symptoms got better, amazingly she started developing acne like ...

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

When the surgeon arrived in the waiting room at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville on Jan. 13, Audrey Lindsey’s family ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is considered to be the ... Although metronidazole and vancomycin are and have been the mainstay treatment options for CDI, there are some unmet medical ...