Taking probiotics with antibiotics can help protect the gut from the negative effects of antibiotics. But some people may ...

Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; stool frequency <four-times daily; no signs of severe colitis), clearly induced by the use of antibiotics, may be treated by stopping the inducing ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk ...

diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection is of a different strain. Clostridioides difficile ...

The primary outcome was death from any cause by 90 days after diagnosis of the bloodstream infection, with a noninferiority margin of 4 percentage points. Across 74 hospitals in seven countries ...

The test has the potential to vastly improve care for neurological infections that cause diseases like meningitis and encephalitis, as well as speed up the detection of new viral pandemic threats.

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The California Department of Public Health Saturday reported the first known case of clade I mpox in the U.S. to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

News of her ill health was shared by her manager, who said she had suffered a "serious bacterial infection". The 64-year-old was due to begin a seven-month world tour in the coming weeks ...