Clostridiodes difficile infection has become a leading cause of severe, sometimes fatal diarrheal illness. It flourishes best in hospitals and long-term care facilities where people are on long-term ...

Data from the phase 3 study confirmed the lot consistency, immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of a toxoid-based Clostridioides difficile vaccine. Neutralizing antibody responses 1 month after ...

Clostridiodes difficile infection has become a leading cause of severe, sometimes fatal diarrheal illness, with the bacterium's toxins causing the damage. New work cements our knowledge of how C. diff ...

BOSTON (Sept. 5, 2007) — As if being admitted to the hospital weren’t bad enough, patients, once admitted, are at higher risk of becoming infected with a “superbug” bacterium, Clostridium difficile (C ...

A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), uncovers the long-sought-after, three-dimensional structure of a toxin primarily responsible for devastating ...

In a hamster model of Clostridium difficile, infection with C. difficile strains producing either toxin A or toxin B caused fulminant disease, according to a research team from the University of ...

Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of critical roles in digestion, nutrient absorption, and immunity. Scientists have now ...

A new article details a research breakthrough that provides a promising starting point for scientists to create drugs that can cure C. diff -- a virulent health care-associated infection that causes ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and their colleagues have identified the structure of the most lethal toxin produced by certain strains of Clostridium difficile bacteria ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Light Diagnostics is developing and commercializing breakthrough automated diagnostic products for rapidly detecting infections and determining ...

The bacterial infection Clostridium difficile is most effectively diagnosed through a method called cytotoxin assay, a new study has found. The finding proves that the detection method is the most ...