Gastroenterology

The FDA Data Monitoring Committee recommended Celgene discontinue the mongersen trials.

Patients diagnosed with the infection included more preventative measures in their daily life after the encounter.

The study showed 12.7% of the total infected patients had a recurrent infection.

Eluxadoline — a twice daily, oral medication used to treat adults with IBS-D — is a mu- and kappa-opioid receptor agonist and a delta-opioid receptor antagonist.

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

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.

Obesity could significantly impact end-of-life care.

Don't drink peroxide, even if alternative medicine promotes it.

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

CDC official is hopeful they can beat C diff infection.

While the culprit for the stomach pain and discomfort in autistic children was unknown for quite some time, new research suggests it could be caused by an “increased reaction to stress”.

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.

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.”

Patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) may benefit from a new drug, plecanatide, making its way through the approval pipeline.

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.

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

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.

Researchers from Vanderbilt University used mice models in order to demonstrate the affects of zinc on the course of a C. difficile infection.

Researchers report there is evidence of a correlation between immune recovery and the behavior of a certain subset of gut bacteria in patients with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy.

Many major hospitals that admit varied patients with a wide breadth of ailments, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, have high rates of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection, according to the report.