Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “C. difficile is a major problem in the United States,” Feuerstadt, assistant clinical professor of medicine at ...

C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most common causes of diarrhea linked to ...

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 ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...

Antibiotics for Clostridioides difficile infection can induce microbiome disruption that facilitates germination of C. difficile spores, so a two-pronged treatment approach is needed. New research ...