NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 12 — Fulminant colitis with Clostridium difficile is becoming more common and more fatal, according to a review of hospitalized patients reported in the March issue of ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Clostridium difficile colitis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications.

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.

Dr. Herbert DuPont’s team takes stool from healthy donors, adds salt water, blends the mixture and filters it twice. Smiley N. Pool - Staff Photographer Dr. Herbert DuPont’s team takes stool from ...

Researchers used a harmless amoeba to safeguard children from dangerous colitis (C. difficile) infections, revealed a study. The Hartwell Foundation which supports early-stage, cutting-edge biomedical ...

An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...

Four patients with severe disease were cured after receiving the new broad-spectrum antibiotic tigecycline. When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with ...

Background: Clostridium difficile infections are becoming more common, more severe, and more likely to recur. Conventional treatment with antibiotics often fails to eradicate the infection; even when ...

The research team comprised of Shin Kurihara, Associate Professor of Department of Science and Technology on Food Safety, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University ...

Fifteen isolates of Clostridium difficile from hamsters and human patients were inhibited or killed by low concentrations of metronidazole, vancomycin, penicillin, and ampicillin; the isolates were ...