C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...

LAS VEGAS — Potentially deadly antibiotic-associated Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) affects 3 million Americans each year and is increasingly difficult to treat. Clinicians may want ...

The FDA on Monday granted approval to CutisPharma’s drug Firvanq to treat Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and Staphylococcus aureus-associated intestinal inflammation (enterocolitis). Here ...

areas that are important to public health. “The CFAST initiative continues to drive progress in developing therapeutic area standards for some of the world’s most pressing health concerns,” said ...

C. diff-associated diarrhea (CDAD) places financial stress on U.S. hospitals. A study of 170,000 discharges from 477 hospitals from 2009-2011 calculated that a CDAD case can increase a hospital stay ...

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

HealthDay News — The vast majority of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recovered after receiving fecal transplantation via colonoscopy, study findings indicate. Among ...

Patients prescribed proton pump inhibitors had roughly double the risk of community-associated Clostridioides difficile infection compared with those not taking the drugs. Patients who use proton pump ...

April 5, 2007 (Munich, Germany) — A database comparison of demographics, risk factors, and hospital outcomes for patients with Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea (CDAD) shows that the preferred ...

Cases of Clostridioides difficile (C diff) have increasingly been reported outside of typical settings, and a survey of general practitioners in France found that many cases can be managed without ...

Dificid (fidaxomicin) is a brand-name drug prescribed for diarrhea caused by Clostridioides difficile (C. diff). It’s available as an oral tablet and oral liquid suspension. The cost of Dificid with ...

Taking probiotics with antibiotics is safe and may help you cope with side effects of antibiotics. Probiotics may be most helpful when taken after a course of antibiotics is finished. Research shows ...