A C. diff (Clostridioides difficile ... Clostridioides difficile (previously known as Clostridium difficile) is a highly ...

The pathogen C. diff — the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea — can use a compound that kills ...

New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Meanwhile, A new report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) found that 605 cases of C diff were reported last October, November and December. Of these cases, 272 were deemed to be ...

Tinidazole is a structural analog of metronidazole and has been available in Europe for more than 2 decades. After activation, its toxic intermediates covalently bind to DNA, resulting in DNA ...

A real-world study of patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in Australia over 10 years shows that fecal ...

Pfizer's vaccine for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) looks like it may join a growing list of candidates that have been shelved or delayed, after the shot failed to meet its primary objective in a ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston travelled to Rhode Island in the US to watch Dr Colleen Kelly perform a faecal transplant — a procedure that has a 90% success rate when used to treat the life-threatening ...

[Optimer, Unpublished data]. Box 1. Guidelines for current treatment of Clostridium difficile infection. Antiperistaltic agents and opiates should be avoided. In general, strive to use ...

diff Infection Ferring's novel first-in-class REBYOTA is indicated for the prevention of recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (C. diff) in individuals 18 years of age and older ...

A team has discovered how C. diff (Clostridioides difficile) converts the poisonous compound 4-thiouracil, which could come from foods like broccoli, into a usable nutrient. Their findings ...