Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

Mice fed a high-fat, high-protein diet were more likely to develop and die from antibiotic-driven Clostridioides difficile infections than mice fed a standard diet. In the same study, a ...

A multifaceted approach focused on enforcing basic infection prevention practices and promoting education about Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) transmission led to a reduction in the number of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exposure to a contaminated nearly doubles a patient’s risk for hospital-onset C. difficile infection. This ...

Five medical organizations say it is essential that hospitals establish antimicrobial stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infections. These infections, linked to ...

Signs of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity, shorter duration of IBD, and previous corticosteroid use and hospitalisation were associated with Clostridioides difficile infection in patients ...

A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of ...

The study was designed to help scientists better understand how to prevent in-hospital transmission of Clostridioides difficile. A new report suggests relatively few people in hospitals are ...

image: The response of the human gut pathogen Clostridioides difficile to clinically relevant antibiotics can be altered by antibiotic-induced reduction in the strength of gut microbiota inter-species ...