Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.

An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...

Q: I'm not sure you'll take this question because of the subject matter, but it seems pretty important. Our dad had a fecal transplant as a last-ditch treatment for C. diff (Clostridioides difficile), ...

Scientists report that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and eliminate specific gut bacteria, in this case Clostridioides difficile, the pathogen that causes colitis, a chronic, ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRB), a leading microbiome therapeutics company, announced the presentation of its final 24-week data from the pivotal Phase 3 ...

The portion of our nervous systems responsible for the 'fight or flight' response can shape the severity of potentially deadly C. difficile infections, according to new research. The portion of our ...

Four patients with severe disease were cured after receiving the new broad-spectrum antibiotic tigecycline. When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with ...

Since its introduction in 2011, adoption of diverting loop ileostomy for fulminant Clostridioides difficile colitis has more than doubled, and the procedure appeared to be a viable alternative to ...

Research at North Carolina State University shows that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and eliminate specific gut bacteria, in this case Clostridioides difficile, the pathogen ...