The CDC recently released a study in JAMA that points to healthcare settings as the main site of C. diff acquisition for healthy people, with 82% of C diff. cases acquired in healthcare facilities. C.

The ongoing epidemic of severe C. diff diarrheal disease -- driven by a 20-fold more toxic mutant strain of the bacteria -- is fast getting worse. Spread by spores that can live for months on dry ...

Over the past year, the British National Health Service has pulled off a feat that, so far, has eluded U.S. healthcare officials: cutting the number of Clostridium difficile cases detected in its ...

After the first year of interventions at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, there was a 63% decrease in hospital-onset C. diff cases as compared to the two years prior. Through a series of interventions ...

Hydrocodone painkillers face increased federal restriction Nearly three-quarters of C. difficile cases associated with Rx written at primary care visits. Researchers found that 71% of cases of C.

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