Of more than 100,000 suspected adverse drug reaction reports registered in EudraVigilance, most related to C difficile were associated with ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone ...

A recent study found that using probiotics and antibiotics for Clostridioides difficile is safe and effective. The study was published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance on Sept. 6. People living in ...

Antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors may not be the best mix, according to a study published Jan. 24 in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. People who took an antibiotic when they were taking ...

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 ...

In the study, 2.8 percent of the hospitalized patients were infected with C. diff, and 3 percent had evidence of the bacteria but no symptoms of colonization. The study showed that use of antibiotics, ...

A new study found a 12% rise in hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) for every 100 days of high-risk antibiotic use. But all antibiotics may not be contributing equally to the ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and North CarolinaStateUniversity at Raleigh found primary bile acids in the small intestine allowed harmful bacteria to grow regardless of ...

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are at a higher risk for Clostridium difficile after exposure to beta-lactam antibiotics, according to the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases ...

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 ...

Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...

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 ...