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 ...

The ongoing trial is testing the therapy – RBX2660 – as a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection or C. diff, a bacterium that causes diarrhoea and inflammation in the colon and is a ...

That is, until last year, in October, a gigantic bronze statue of the poop emoji appeared on the National Mall in downtown Washington DC. People were utterly bewildered because the provenance and ...

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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 ...

Antibiotics help kill bacteria that cause infections. However, they also kill beneficial bacteria, leading to gastrointestinal issues and, in some cases, IBS. The effect of antibiotics on the ...

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In rare cases, antibiotics may cause more serious side effects, including: Antibiotic-resistant infections (infections that do not respond to antibiotics) Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections ...