Dangerous bacteria that pose a particular threat to the elderly and very sick hospital patients have been shown to survive on disposable hospital gowns and stainless steel surfaces — even after ...

Crestone, Inc. ("Crestone") today announced recent publication in the leading infectious disease journal, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, of positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, ...

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 ...

Eat foods with probiotics like yogurt and kefir to help replenish good bacteria in your gut. A C. diff diet should include ...

New statistics indicate the number of people—particularly children—who contract the bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) has increased dramatically over the past few years. Mayo ...

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 ...

FMT restores gut microbiota balance by transferring stool from healthy donors, mainly for recurrent C. difficile infections. Recent data shows FMT's high efficacy in preventing recurrent C. difficile, ...

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 ...

A new Phase 2 pilot study shows that giving spores of a non-toxic C. difficile bacteria by mouth is effective in stopping repeated bouts of C. diff infection, a major complication of hospitalization.

C. diff colitis is inflammation of a person’s colon due to contagious bacteria. Most people with C. diff colitis fully recover, but in rare cases the condition can be life threatening. It is possible ...