A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving alarmingly deadly, and new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine not only explains why but also suggests a way to stop it. Until ...

PhD student Carrie A. Cowardin was working in the lab of Bill Petri, MD, PhD, chief of the University of Virginia’s Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health in Charlottesville, when ...

A study published by PNAS explains breakthrough research around designing drugs that target C. diff bacterial infections that result in 15,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. The bacterium is potentially ...

Hospital acquired infections are a serious public health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacteria Clostridium difficile is estimated to have caused around half a ...

A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving alarmingly deadly, and new research not only explains why but also suggests a way to stop it. A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving ...

Loo VG, Poirier L, Miller MA, et al. A predominantly clonal multi-institutional outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea with high morbidity and mortality. N Engl J Med.

A new strain of Clostridium difficile — known as C. diff transferase — has become increasingly common and deadly in recent years, killing up to 15 percent of those it infects, including patients who ...