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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and ...

A recurrence of C. diff is common after an initial episode, with about 20% of people having a recurrence. A recurrence is ...

Using a diverse human gut community, researchers investigated how gut microbiota interspecies interactions affected the response of Clostridioides difficile to vancomycin and metronidazole. “A ...

Researchers gathered data from 549 U.S.-based acute care hospitals to study the associations between rates of hospital-level antibiotic use and hospital-onset C. diff infection. The study period was ...

A new study found a 45% reduction in C. diff infections among high-risk patients when the antibiotic doxycycline was used instead of azithromycin. Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels A new study on ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and North CarolinaStateUniversity at Raleigh found primary bile acids in the small intestine allowed harmful bacteria to grow regardless of ...

The bacterium Clostridioides difficile is one of the most common infections picked up in hospitals, and, even once it’s cleared from the body, patients have a 1 in 6 chance of catching it again within ...

The risk of getting a deadly, treatment-resistant infection in a hospital or nursing home is dropping for the first time in decades, thanks to new guidelines on antibiotic use and stricter cleaning ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...