Newly discovered iron storage 'ferrosomes' inside the bacterium C. diff -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections -- are important for infection in an animal model and could offer new ...

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known as C. diff—are a serious and persistent problem for patients and hospitals ...

C. diff, short for Clostridioides difficile (formerly called Clostridum difficile), is a type of bacteria that can cause an infection in your colon, the longest part of your large intestine. In most ...

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of healthcare-associated colitis, leading to severe illness, ...

A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff. In animal ...

Clostridiumdifficile infection (also known as C. diff or CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is a frequent cause of death among hospitalized older adults. Keystone ...

Household transmission of Clostridium difficile to pets and children may be a source of community-associated C. difficile infections according to findings from a new study published today in Infection ...

Researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) have uncovered why C. diff (also known as Clostridioides difficile or C. difficile) infection has developed resistance ...

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 ...

Iron storage "spheres" inside the bacterium C. diff—the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections—could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs to combat the pathogen. A team of Vanderbilt ...