Since its discovery, the highly contagious bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) has been reported not ...

Susan Gottlieb recalls being wracked with unspeakable pain. Donna Gerek talks about the loneliness of a hospital isolation unit. And David Gould says he was considered a Typhoid Mary when fellow ...

Researchers at the University of Vermont say they are looking for seniors to help evaluate a possible vaccine against a serious bacterial infection.

University of Vermont researchers are looking for volunteers to help test a new vaccine that could stop a potentially ...

The pathogen C. diff—the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea—can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a competitive ...

Hospitals and nursing homes have long battled the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which can dangerously inflame the colon and cause diarrhea. In 2011 alone, nearly half a million Americans suffered ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a stealthy threat. It infects more than 500,000 people in the United States each year, and kills up to 30,000. It is a leading cause of health-care-associated ...

In addition to being responsible for longer hospital stays and readmissions, Clostridium difficile is increases hospital costs by 40%, according to a new study conducted by Premier, Inc. Clostridium ...

In every profession we put the knowledge we have learned to use each day. While many people work on the frontlines of healthcare, where resilient bacteria live and thrive, most of us do not. We work ...

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 ...

The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...