A healthcare nonprofit gave five New Hampshire hospitals a "C" grade for safety. See which facilities Leapfrog deemed safest, ...

Indiana ranks 36th in the nation for hospital safety, with just over 20% of its hospitals earning an A grade. LAFAYETTE, IN — ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Temporal trends in Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) deaths have been described in a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases ...

SAN DIEGO -- Administering fecal microbiota via colonoscopy instead of rectally prevented recurrence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) for up to 2 months with no major safety signals, according to a ...

A new antibiotic to fight the deadly "superbug" C. diff has proved effective in clinical trials. Treating patients with ibezapolstat provided high rates of "sustained" clinical cures, say American ...

SEATTLE, Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 ...

TUESDAY, August 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — 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 ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is considered to be the main cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in nosocomial settings. Since the beginning of the new century a continuous rise in the ...

Matthew Munneke, left, and Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, use anaerobic chambers to study bacteria like C. diff that die in the presence of oxygen. The pathogen C. diff — the most common cause of health ...

The pathogen C. diff - the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea - can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...

Cefdinir is a generic drug that’s prescribed for infections caused by certain bacteria. As with other drugs, cefdinir can cause side effects, such as diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Cefdinir is a ...

FDA approved to prevent recurrent C. difficile infection (rCDI), REBYOTA is widely available with a strong drug supply and dedicated manufacturing facility Since launch, Ferring created REBYOTA @ Home ...