When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with metronidazole or vancomycin, clinicians are left with a small collection of alternatives, ranging from the ...

The C. diff toxins can irritate the lower part of the intestines, causing colitis. The colon then swells and becomes inflamed ...

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Mild Clostridium difficile infection (CDI; stool frequency <four-times daily; no signs of severe colitis), clearly induced by the use of antibiotics, may be treated by stopping the inducing ...

New research reveals that specialized gut bacteria convert bile acids into powerful healing compounds, offering hope for ...

Clostridium difficile (C.diff) intestinal infections ... The bacterium causes diarrhea and colitis and within a month of a health-care-associated C. diff diagnosis, one in 11 people over the ...