PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — Half a million people this year will get an infection called C. diff. It ranges from uncomfortable to life-threatening. And in more and more cases, doctors are turning to an ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing ...

A new treatment for Clostridium difficile (C.diff) infections reduces recurrent infections by nearly 40%, a large study has found. A new treatment for Clostridium difficile (C.diff) infections reduces ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Hundreds of thousands of people suffer from a bacterial infection in their intestines that could be life-threatening. Many of those people are now resorting to an unusual treatment ...

As Clostridium difficile creates a significant economic and morbidity burden for hospitals, researchers with Cleveland Clinic and the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston sought to ...

Researchers from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have discovered a type of gut bacteria that could prove effective where other types of helpful bacteria have failed in the fight against ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research. The ...

Fecal transplants should be considered for patients with recurrent cases of Clostridium difficile whose symptoms cannot be addressed by antibiotics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said in ...

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

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 ...

In vitro, treatment with UDCA significantly decreased C. diff spore germination, growth and toxin activity. In the mouse model, pre-treatment with UDCA had some effect on bacterial growth, but the ...

The ongoing fight over long-term Lyme disease treatment has to be one of the most ferocious in health care. If you don't live in the Northeast or upper Midwest, Lyme disease may not be on your radar, ...