Antibiotics prescribed by dentists may contribute to the growing problem of Clostridium difficile (C. diff), a serious and potentially deadly infection that causes severe diarrhea, suggests research ...
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 ...
Researchers at the American Society for Microbiology’s 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy have reported that low-dose antibiotic treatments appear to be as effective ...
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 ...
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 ...
A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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