Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nearly 40,000 hospital bug cases missed each year

(Medical Xpress)—More than 39,000 cases of the hospital bug Clostridium difficile are missed in Europe each year because of a lack of clinical suspicion or inadequate lab testing, a Europe-wide study led by University of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study finds serious C. Difficile rates on rise in hospitals

(Medical Xpress)—The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which causes severe diarrhoea, acute toxic colitis and even death, is on the rise in Australian hospitals, according to a study led by researchers ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC addresses burden, threat of antibiotic resistance

(HealthDay)—The burden and threats posed by antibiotic resistance infections are discussed in a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Obesity may increase the risk of Clostridium difficile infection

Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified obesity as a possible risk factor for clostridium difficile infection (CDI). These findings, which appear online ...

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