Medically reviewed by Lindsey Waldman, MD, RD Key Takeaways Eat foods with probiotics like yogurt and kefir to help replenish ...

But the balance of healthy bacteria may be disrupted after taking antibiotics, leading to an overgrowth of C. diff and the release of toxins. Antibiotics intended to treat infections elsewhere in the ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

The Emerging Infections Program used C. diff infections at 10 U.S. sites to estimate the national burden of C. diff through infection rates, recurrences, hospitalizations and hospital deaths from 2011 ...

A low-dose antibiotic developed in Leiden may stop C. difficile infections more effectively by targeting the pathogen while ...

Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Researchers may not yet understand the mechanism behind recurrent Clostridium difficile infections, but they may have isolated five risk factors, according to a study published in Infection Control & ...

Clostridium difficile is an unpleasant, sometimes severe, and potentially lethal infection. It is an enteric pathogen whose armory involves the production of a toxin leading to gut dysphoria and ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...