A C. diff infection can turn a hospital stay into a much harder experience. The bacterium can cause severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and inflammation of the colon. In some cases,…
An estimated 25% of people with Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections experience recurrence following successful antibiotic intervention. After three or more recurrent infections, the risk of developing another infection sits…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Researchers have made an important discovery which indicates that individuals are increasingly likely to contact Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) when occupying a hospital room or bed previously used by a…
Rare Community Profiles is a Patient Worthy article series of long-form interviews featuring various stakeholders in the rare disease community, such as patients, their families, advocates, scientists, and more.…
Meenakshi Rao, an assistant pediatric professor at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, recently expressed his opinion to the RNA-Seq blog that inflammation, not bacteria, should be targeted, as infections…
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a contagious bacterium that causes colon infections. People with C. diff infections (CDI) experience various symptoms, such as diarrhea and colonic inflammation, and in…
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