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C. Diff. Colitis
C. Diff. Colitis is a systematic infection due to the bacterium Clostridioides difficile with symptoms including fever, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
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MAY 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2023Microbiology
Clostridioides difficile, often known as C. diff, is a dangerous microbe that can cause serious health problems in the g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospitals are supposed to help sick people get healthy, but unfortunately, many hospitalized patients become sick with i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2022Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Infections of the bacterium C. difficile can cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon called colitis. It is estimate ...Written By: Zoe MichaudMAY 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2021Microbiology
What's the secret of people that live a long life? The answer may be complex but for some, it could include the microbio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Microbiology
The many microbes in our gastrointestinal tract affect us, and they, in turn, are affected by what we eat. Scientists ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2021Immunology
Bacteria armed with toxin bombs and excruciating abdominal pains caused by raging inflammation in the gut. While the cau ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 17, 2020Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Clostridium difficile is the primary cause of infections that are acquired in hospital settings; it causes diarrhea and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2019Microbiology
Fecal transplants are still considered an experimental procedure, a fact highlighted by two recent infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2019Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Microbiology
Clostridium difficile often infects hospitalized patients who have undergone antibiotic therapy. These bacteria infect t ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
ATLANTA -- A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, the efficacy of many front-line antibiotics has been declining because of the spread of antibiotic resis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2023
Microbiology
Clostridioides difficile, often known as C. diff, is a dangerous microbe that can cause serious health problems in the g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hospitals are supposed to help sick people get healthy, but unfortunately, many hospitalized patients become sick with i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2022
Health & Medicine
The gastrointestinal tract is home to trillions of microbes, many of which have a crucial role in our health. Now the US
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Infections of the bacterium C. difficile can cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon called colitis. It is estimate
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2021
Microbiology
What's the secret of people that live a long life? The answer may be complex but for some, it could include the microbio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Microbiology
The many microbes in our gastrointestinal tract affect us, and they, in turn, are affected by what we eat. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2021
Immunology
Bacteria armed with toxin bombs and excruciating abdominal pains caused by raging inflammation in the gut. While the cau
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 17, 2020
Microbiology
Intestinal stem cells help regenerate the lining of the intestine, and that lining or epithelium plays a number of criti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Clostridium difficile is the primary cause of infections that are acquired in hospital settings; it causes diarrhea and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2019
Microbiology
Fecal transplants are still considered an experimental procedure, a fact highlighted by two recent infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2019
Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Microbiology
Clostridium difficile often infects hospitalized patients who have undergone antibiotic therapy. These bacteria infect t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
ATLANTA -- A nasty intestinal bug sickens nearly twice as many Americans each year as was previously thought, according
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim