What are the characteristics of C. difficile infection? Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium that induces inflammation in the intestine via two toxins, namely TcdA and TcdB. A variety of ...

CDI is one of the top ten hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in European Hospitals [1] and is estimated to be three times as deadly as MRSA [2],[3] Data released at the 27 th European Congress of ...

A 70-year-old woman with a history of Clostridium difficile infection returned to the clinic with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Three stool samples were negative for C. difficile and WBCs. Would you ...

Clostridium difficile is an unpleasant, sometimes severe, and potentially lethal infection. It is an enteric pathogen whose armory involves the production of a toxin leading to gut dysphoria and ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common hospital-acquired infection that is associated with a high clinical and economic burden. Because of this management of CDI is quickly becoming a part ...

The study of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to reveal intricate details of its pathogenesis, epidemiology and potential novel therapies. Research has elucidated how the bacterium, ...

Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 138, No. 6 (JUNE 2010), pp. 907-914 (8 pages) Participating researchers and public health personnel at a Canadian workshop in 2007, noted considerable gaps in current ...

A bacterium called Clostridium difficile is known as a superbug for its incredible resistance to antibiotics, which may be due to the fact that its outer protein coat has a structure akin to chain ...

Clostridium difficile can proliferate when the gut's normal microbiome is killed by antibiotics, leading to inflammation. New research shows how the microbes' poisonous proteins penetrate intestinal ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) as a treatment option for those with recurrent Clostridium difficile (C diff) infections ...

An innovative treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) which uses transplanted gut bacteria to treat the infection, is a more effective and more cost-efficient treatment than ...

In the world of superbugs (bacteria that has grown resistant to antibiotics) Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis, is among the most stubborn. In 2013 the Centers for ...