A trained dog can detect Clostridium difficile in stool samples and in hospital patients, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers studied a two-year-old beagle trained to ...

A 70-year-old woman with a history of Clostridium difficile infection returned to the clinic with abdominal pain and diarrhea. Three stool samples were negative for C. difficile and WBCs. Would you ...

Nearly 10 percent of patients were infected with Clostridium difficile when they entered a Minnesota hospital, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers studied ...

In developing a treatment for Clostridium difficile—an infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea—Ferring Pharmaceuticals has had to dig deep in a decadelong pursuit, experimenting with ...

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 ...

Frederick Gandolfo, MD, penned a column for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy on the possible use of frozen stool in treating Clostridium difficile. Here’s what you should know. 1. Providers have used ...