Antibiotics are formulated to kill bacteria—but this affects the healthy ones in your gut, too. A medical doctor specializing ...

C. diff, or Clostridioides difficile, is a germ that can cause diarrhea and colitis and in some instances can be life ...

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 April 4 in ...

New research reveals alarming findings about hospital bacteria transmission linked to hidden surfaces and workers' hands.

A new study reveals that the deadly C. diff infection spreads much faster and lingers longer in ICUs than previously believed ...

C. diff typically infects people whose gut bacteria has been wiped out by powerful antibiotics, according to the U.S. Centers ...

C. diff, a dangerous and highly contagious infection, spreads in hospitals much more than previously believed, especially ...

One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found.

C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can ...

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff, is a bacteria that spreads easily, is 'immune' to disinfectants and kills about six percent of people it infects — mostly older adults. Previous ...

The highly contagious Clostridium difficil spreads more than three times as much within intensive care unit environments as previously recognized, according to a study published April 3 in JAMA ...

Researchers from Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health found that, while direct patient-to-patient transmission is rare, “there is a lot more movement of C. diff between surfaces, from ...