Three risk factors could help uncover C. diff. carriers, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
Long-term care providers might want to pay special attention to residents with certain recently identified risk factors for Clostridium difficile. These factors are chronic dialysis, recent hospitalization...
C. diff especially deadly for those with kidney disease, researchers find
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 08, 2013
People with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a significantly elevated risk of dying from Clostridium difficile infection, according to a recent study.
Limiting use of common antihistamines could reduce C. diff in facilities, researchers say
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 29, 2013
Taking antihistamines such as Tagamet, Pepcid and Zantac increases the risk that people in healthcare settings will be infected with Clostridium difficile, according to a recently published study.
APIC updates its free guide to C. difficile prevention
Mar 27, 2013
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has issued an updated Clostridium difficile infections Implementation Guide.
Efforts to combat Clostridium difficile are coming up short, survey finds
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 12, 2013
Long-term care operators and other healthcare providers are having limited success in combating Clostridium difficile infections, despite increasing their efforts in the last three years, according to...
Taking steps to prevent Clostridium difficile infections
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Irena Kenneley, Ph.D.
Feb 15, 2013
The numbers are in and they are grim. There are 165,000 cases, $1.3 billion in excess costs, and 9,000 deaths from Clostridium difficile infections that are healthcare-acquired in the United States annually.
‘Fake stool’ a possible aid for C. diff patients
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 10, 2013
A pair of Clostridium difficile patients were cured through introduction of a super-probiotic synthetic stool called RePOOPulate, leading researchers to express hope that the treatment can be adopted on...
The tail of C. diff: Dog can detect illness with accuracy, researchers say
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 17, 2012
Finally, some good news about a Cliff. After two months of training, a two-year-old beagle named Cliff demonstrated success at being able to detect C. diff in stool samples in a lab environment, researchers...
Healthcare’s dirty secret
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 20, 2012
If there’s one topic where I feel that healthcare publications tend to repeat themselves, it’s around infection control.
Bacteria mix offers hope for those with C. diff
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 31, 2012
Researchers have hit on a potentially novel way to fight Clostridium difficile: a cocktail of six different types of bacteria.