C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

Late last year, The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health in Cincinnati received a first-place award in a multi-state competition for its efforts to reduce Clostridium difficile infections among inpatients.

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 ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research. The ...

SEATTLE – Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a stealthy threat. It infects more than 500,000 people in the United States each year, and kills up to 30,000. It is a leading cause of ...

C. diff, which is short for Clostridioides difficile, is a type of bacteria that may cause serious problems in the digestive system. It is one of the most common causes of diarrhea linked to ...

As the effectiveness of antibiotics meant to fight the deadly superbug Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, wanes, a research team at the University of Houston is seeing positive results of a new ...