Fighting bacteria with viruses: Important step to treating antibiotic-resistant infections
New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...
Verywell Health on MSN7mon
Long-Term Problems After C. Diff
diff) include lingering symptoms and a return of the infection (recurrence). Severe infections cause more damage to the ...
News-Medical.Net on MSN3d
C. diff uses toxic compound to gain competitive advantage in the gut
The pathogen C. diff - the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea - can use a compound that kills ...
Medscape4d
Fidaxomicin: A New Macrocyclic, RNA Polymerase-inhibiting Antibiotic for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infections
Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI ... clinical deterioration and place on therapy immediately if this occurs. Treatment for an initial episode and a first recurrence of CDI: If oral ...
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Ferring’s gut microbiome drug clears phase 3 trial in C. diff
The ongoing trial is testing the therapy – RBX2660 – as a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection or C. diff, a bacterium that causes diarrhoea and inflammation in the colon and is a ...
Irish Medical Times15d
More than 500 cases of C diff reported so far this year
Meanwhile, A new report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) found that 605 cases of C diff were reported last October, November and December. Of these cases, 272 were deemed to be ...
BBC9y
What does a faecal transplant do?
Once C-diff is in the ascendancy it can be very hard to shift – the traditional treatment is antibiotics but a significant number of patients do not respond and are left with relentless and ...