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.

The rate of new Clostridium difficile or C. diff infections climbed year after year from 2000 to 2010, researchers found. But an early look at 2011-2014 data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

It was what came after: the clostridium difficile, or C ... diff infection persisted for months with no end in sight. Additional antibiotics proved futile. Such cases can be fatal; C.

These include: Vigilance about handwashing and maintaining sanitary conditions can help reduce C diff. exposure. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers don’t kill the C. diff germ and aren’t a viable ...

The germ - Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. - flourishes in the gut after antibiotics kill off other bacteria and causes diarrhea. It can be severe and is blamed for about 15,000 deaths annually ...

One in 6 people who contract Clostridium difficile (C. diff) will get a second infection within a few weeks of their first one. Here’s how to prevent the spread and reinfection. Share on ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have an immunoglobulion A (IgA) deficiency and have had to take many antibiotics over the years. But I have never contracted Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) until I took ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on ...

Make sure to disinfect beds properly after they are used by someone with Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. According to a new study, staying in a bed previously used by a person with C.

“In the last 15 years, C. diff hospitalizations have increased by more than 200 percent,” said Glenn Magee, lead author of the study. “Although it’s commonly known that C. diff contributes ...

Researchers from the University of Houston released a new study that found 26.4 percent of shoes carry a bacteria called Clostridium difficile, also known as "C. diff." It turns out C. diff is a ...

Q: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...