A single Clostridium difficile infection presents an array of challenges for hospitals. A December 2015 study in the American Journal of Infection Control found C. difficile infections can increase ...

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 ...

April 9 (UPI) --Stool transplants effectively treat bacterial infections in the colon by boosting levels of specific molecules that help protect bowel cells, according to a study published Friday by ...

If your C. diff infection is severe, you could get severe intestinal inflammation. Your colon could also get enlarged and you could develop an extreme response called sepsis. All of these problems are ...

Working in the hospital again always provides valuable perspective. I love (most of) the patient care, and seeing differences in patterns over time, as I only see patients episodically. One of the ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...