One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found.

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on ...

Clostridium difficile infection—commonly called C. diff—causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever and is lethal in about 6% of cases in the U.S. The disease is highly contagious, but in ...

Researchers from Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health found that, while direct patient-to-patient transmission is rare, “there is a lot more movement of C. diff between surfaces, from ...

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff, is a bacteria that spreads easily, is 'immune' to disinfectants and kills about six percent of people it infects — mostly older adults. Previous ...

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Clostridioides difficile, or c.diff, bacteria (ART-ur/Shutterstock) In two-thirds of cases where patients acquired C. diff in the hospital, the bacteria clustered genetically with samples from ...

The Threat of Harmful Bacteria Not all bacteria in the gut are friendly. When the bad guys—like Clostridium difficile, E. coli, Salmonella, and Shigella—gain the upper hand, it can result in digestive ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Utah suggests one of the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) spreads more widely in intensive care units (ICUs) than previously ...