C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...
A C. diff (Clostridioides difficile) diet may help alleviate diarrhea (the primary symptom) that is associated with this bacterial infection. Clostridioides difficile (previously known as Clostridium ...
Nearly 1-in-10 patients admitted to a New York hospital with no symptoms of diarrhea were found to be carriers of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), suggesting infections originate outside the ...
Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...
About 10% of patients admitted to a hospital carried Clostridioides difficile, even though they had no active symptoms of the infection, researchers found. Moreover, almost 40% of these carriers ...
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 ...
Clostridioides difficile, a bacteria that creates inflammation of the colon and causes symptoms like infectious diarrhea, is of particular risk among hospitalized patients. Findings of a new Polish ...