A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

Some people will get repeat infections from Clostridium difficile (C. diff). They may develop the same symptoms they had before such as diarrhea, stomach pain, and loss of appetite. However, the only ...

C. diff colitis is inflammation of a person’s colon due to contagious bacteria. Most people with C. diff colitis fully recover, but in rare cases the condition can be life threatening. It is possible ...

The toxin-A- and toxin-B-specific recombination vectors pJIR3051 and pJIR3050 were constructed by cloning a 566-bp tcdA (GenBank accession M30307) PCR product (nucleotides 1071–1637) and the ...

The close-knit, flexible outer layer - like chain mail - which protects superbug C.difficile has been unveiled. The spectacular structure of the protective armour of superbug C.difficile has been ...

We conducted a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in which patients who had had three or more episodes of C. difficile infection (inclusive of the qualifying acute episode) ...

Sometimes scientists look for new species in the jungle or deep in the oceans. Other times they look in hospital rooms. Researchers reported this week in Nature Genetics that a subset of Clostridium ...

"Because I said so!" was always mom's go-to explanation for all of her annoying rules ... like taking off your shoes before you enter the house. Really though, Mom, why?! They're not even dirty! Well, ...

Susan Gottlieb recalls being wracked with unspeakable pain. Donna Gerek talks about the loneliness of a hospital isolation unit. And David Gould says he was considered a Typhoid Mary when fellow ...