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Study results suggest the greatest risk for Clostridioides difficile infection was observed with use of clindamycin while the lowest risk was observed with doxycycline and minocycline.

Although 3 of 7 studies analyzed demonstrated that using probiotics could help prevent the development of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in older patients, the researchers did not find a consensus among them all.

The study was designed to help scientists better understand how to prevent in-hospital transmission of Clostridioides difficile.

This study explores the effectiveness of toxin testing in predicting Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) outcomes, revealing that patients with negative toxin results were less likely to experience CDI recurrence within 30 days.

New cohort analysis data provide more context into what factors influence the benefit of FMT in patients with recurrent CDI.

The pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile, long before it comes across as "overboiled broccoli" to human in the presence of infected patients.

The Clostridioides difficile study was presented at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago.

A company developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia has made two big announcements this week (April 25).

A company developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia has made two big announcements this week (April 25).

Peggy Lillis was a healthy single mom raising two boys and working extra jobs on the weekend. All that ended on April 21, 2010, when an ICU doctor told her