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C. Diff: Signs and Symptoms
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoClostridiodes difficile or C. diff is a bacteria that can cause diarrhea and colon inflammation (colitis). Because watery diarrhea is the primary...
The Long-Term Effects of C. Diff
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"C. diff " is a shortened name of a type of infectious bacteria called Clostridioides difficile (formerly known as Clostridium difficile). In the United...
What Is C. Diff?
Health via Yahoo News· 12 months agoClostridiodes difficile, which is commonly called C. diff or C. difficile, is a bacteria that can cause symptoms ranging from mild illness to severe,...
How Is Clostridiodes Difficile (C. Diff) Treated?
Health via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoC. diff (Clostridiodes difficile) are bacteria that cause diarrhea and inflammation in the colon. Antibiotics are the main treatment, but surgery is an...
I got C. diff from antibiotics. I had diarrhea for 13 days and had to bleach the bathroom after...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoGetty Images When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with...
FDA Approves First Pill for the Microbiome
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Seres Therapeutics Probiotics have long been star ingredients in dairy foods, drinks, and supplements, promising to generate a better bacterial...
Bleach is no more effective than water at killing off common superbug, scientists have found
Euronews via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBleach does not kill a bacterium that often causes illness in people who have taken antibiotics,...
FDA approves first-ever pill made from healthy gut bacteria found in human waste
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUS health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human...
Vancomycin may be losing effectiveness against C. diff
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn the early 2000s, vancomycin cleared up nearly 100% of C. difficile cases but more recently that...
As superbug infections grow more common, the world is running out of drugs to treat them
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLate last year, one of Dr. Vance Fowler’s patients — a man in his 60s who’d returned to North...