Rachel Lutz

Netherland researchers compared the efficacy of 4 sporidical disinfectants, in the form of wipes and sprays. Which worked best?

Accounting for patients’ calcium intake could one day decrease risk for C. difficile infection, according to a recent study.

Researchers reviewed the current trends in C. difficile treatment with vancomycin in order to shed light on the potential negative effects of cost-related medication non-adherence to vancomycin therapy patients.

In the past decade, the number of individuals who receive solid organ transplants has increased exponentially – something that makes the peri-transplant complications like C. Difficile a common occurrence.

Researchers have correlated asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis to the condition.

A father's age can negatively affect the social development of his child.

C. difficile infections in travelers returning home could be a cause of travel-associated diarrhea.

Patients with colorectal cancer are at a higher risk for mood disorders.

Dads with depression could affect children's internal/external behavior.

Disposable commode pails reduced C. difficile infection rates by nearly a third after 1 year in 1 hospital studied.

Why do some patient care settings have higher rates of C. difficile infection?

Researchers studied the costs associated with various C. difficile treatments.

Patients with preoperative colorectal cancer have reported high incidence rates of C. difficile.

Patients’ hospital room floors are frequently contaminated with pathogens.

Age doesn't appear to impact FMT as long as donors are healthy.

Standard antibiotics may not help C. diff infections.

The main cause of C. difficile is antibiotics, not hospital conditions.

Diabetes: trained dogs monitor glucose levels.

People with multiple sclerosis tend to have sleep apnea, but not the usual kind, a study found.

Traces of Clostridium difficile bacteria are occasionally found in the final products of manure compost and can even transfer C. difficile into the food chain.

Physicians have long been concerned that patients with multiple sclerosis who get frequent brain scans accumulate deposits of the rare earth used as a contrast agent, gadolinium. German researchers found an alternative agent.

In a letter, the Textile Rental Services Association strongly responded to the article. David F. Goldsmith, MSPH, PhD, wrote that the story on hospital laundry facilities could “misleadingly create false alarms.”

Between 2012 and 2014, 19 Pomona Valley patients died from C. difficile infection. One environmental services employee quoted in the LA Times said that she had not received any training on infection control in her 12 years of employment there.

While one study found that taking vitamin D during pregnancy may hinder early ADHD symptoms, another recent study believes that gestational use of diabetes medications may lead to them.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, a recent study notes that foodborne transmission of Clostridium difficile is a distinct possibility.

A recent, large meta-analysis looked at nearly 2,000 girls aged 8 to 13 years, and observed that those with ADHD were at a higher risk for other mental disorders.

For Alzheimer’s disease patients, the risk of pneumonia could be increased with the use of antipsychotic medications, according to findings published in the journal Chest.

Patients with a history of congestive heart failure were at increased risk of death during study trials of the drug, which is intended to fight recurring Clostridium difficile infections.

The researchers noted that suicide in this age group is not well studied, despite a recent uptick: in 2014, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for children aged 5 to 11 years.