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A study, published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, identified environmental sites where spores of Clostridium difficile persist despite cleaning and hydrogen peroxide aerial ...

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Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...

Hospitals and nursing homes have long battled the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which can dangerously inflame the colon and cause diarrhea. In 2011 alone, nearly half a million Americans suffered ...

In addition to being responsible for longer hospital stays and readmissions, Clostridium difficile is increases hospital costs by 40%, according to a new study conducted by Premier, Inc. Clostridium ...

More than 450,000 Americans get infected with the deadly bug Clostridium difficile each year, according to a new report. And almost all cases are caused by the overuse of antibiotics. Subscribe to ...

Amid the growing prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms, hospitals must implement thorough prevention methods to reduce healthcare-associated infections and protect their bottom line. U.S. acute ...

The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...