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  1. CRE Tops List of Scary Superbugs

    Wed, 6 Mar 2013

    A new superbug is on the rise in U spread of the dangerous superbug that include frequent isn't the only scary superbug . ABC News asked infectious The Hospital Lurkers: Clostridium Difficile and Acinetobacter Doctors

  2. Beagle Sniffs Out Bacterial Infection

    Fri, 14 Dec 2012

    Netherlands has been trained to sniff out Clostridium difficile , a skill that could help doctors days before laboratory tests. Clostridium difficile infections often occur in people 47 of 50 stool samples that were Clostridium difficile -free (he couldn't make up

  3. Surgeons Report Progress Against Dangerous Hospital Infection

    Thu, 4 Oct 2012

    the most dreaded is Clostridium difficile colitis, a virulent IAP) to prevent C . difficile infections in tests According to the CDC, C . difficile is linked to about care system due to C . difficile , and probably a lot

  4. Flushing Can Spread Diarrhea Disease

    Mon, 2 Jan 2012

    Hospitals in the U.K. detected C . difficile - a germ that can cause diarrhea flushing lidless hospital toilets. C . difficile is frequently found in hospitals common . "The highest numbers of C . difficile were recovered from air sampled

  5. Diarrhea, Debilitating Digestive Ills Relieved With DIY Fecal Transplants

    Fri, 13 May 2011

    patients suffering from pseudomembranous colitis, a painful colon inflammation associated with a bacterium called Clostridium difficile . Dr. Thomas J. Borody, from the Centre for Digestive Diseases in Sydney, Australia, reported in the same

  6. When Good Medicine Goes Bad

    Mon, 10 May 2010

    pill." Using the pills, as the Archives issue shows, can bring risks that include osteoporosis and infection with C . difficile bacteria. Those problems may be outweighed when the treatment is for a severe condition, but, Hadler said, when

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  1. Dual Treatment Cuts Dangerous Hospital Infection

    Thu, 21 Jan 2010

    bacterial infection, Clostridium difficile , appears to dramatically researchers report. C . difficile infections have doubled Americans contract C . difficile infections each year Treatment of patients with C . difficile with two novel antibodies

  2. Exterminating Superbugs at the Source

    Wed, 6 Jan 2010

    hospital-acquired infection known as C . difficile after a routine out-patient he had a severe case of clostridium difficile , commonly known as C . difficile , which he battled for afterward. Although the C . difficile bacteria naturally resides

  3. Deadly Intestinal Infection Spreading Outside Hospitals

    Thu, 5 Nov 2009

    condition, known as Clostridium difficile , can create serious incidence and severity of C . difficile infection, especially growing incidence of C . difficile infection in both the possibility that C . difficile may be getting resistant

  4. Deadly Stomach Bug Making Inroads Outside Hospitals

    Tue, 3 Nov 2009

    condition, known as Clostridium difficile , can create serious incidence and severity of C . difficile infection, especially growing incidence of C . difficile infection in both the possibility that C . difficile may be getting resistant

  5. Antibiotic Resistance Still a Major Public Health Threat

    Fri, 30 Oct 2009

    hospitals into the community and back into hospitals. Clostridium difficile , a common hospital infection, for instance still an important factor in the development of C . difficile in the community," Dumyati said. Similarly

  6. Diagnostic Approved to Detect C. diff

    Tue, 13 Jan 2009

    has approved BD Diagnostics' GeneOhm Cdiff molecular assay, a stool test that rapidly detects infection with Clostridium difficile ( C. diff ) bacteria. C. diff infection is commonly acquired in hospitals and nursing homes, especially

  7. What Prescription Medications Are Used To Treat GERD?

    Mon, 22 Dec 2008

    particular types of infection, particularly pneumonias and particularly devastating type of intestinal infection called C . difficile . This is a type of colitis or infection in the large intestine that can result in diarrhea and considerable sickness

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  1. PHOTO: Cliff the beagle has been trained to sniff out Clostridium difficile.
  2. PHOTO: Flushing the toilet with the lid up can spread bacteria like C. difficile, researchers say.

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