When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and ...

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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 diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he ...

Not just a hospital problem: Deadly C. diff in doctor's offices, clinics America's deadly C. diff epidemic is spreading not just in hospitals, but in doctor's offices, clinics, and other health care ...

The FDA on Monday granted approval to CutisPharma's drug Firvanq to treat Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and Staphylococcus aureus-associated intestinal inflammation (enterocolitis). Here ...

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SAN BRUNO, CA, April 30 – C. diff-associated disease (CDAD), otherwise known as severe intestinal disease brought on by the Clostridium difficile (C. diff) pathogen, has been the subject of heightened ...

Shilpa Grover, MD; Matthew J. Hamilton , MD; David L. Carr-Locke MD, FRCP, FACG, FASGE Series Editor: David L. Carr-Locke MD, FRCP, FACG, FASGE Shilpa Grover, MD ...

A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria -- and possibly others like it -- cause severe disease. A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile ...

The case could represent the first known instance of cat-to-human transmission of recurrent C. diff, though more research is needed to confirm this risk. Reading time 3 minutes A woman’s newly adopted ...