WEBVTT ANTIBIOTICS CAN KNOCK OUT AN ILLNESS, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE, THESE DRUGS CAN TRIGGER POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING INFECTION, CAUSED BY A BACTERIA COMMONLY KNOWN AS C-DIFF. IT’S BASICALLY WHEN BAD ...

Not just a hospital problem: Deadly C. diff in doctor's offices, clinics America's deadly C. diff epidemic is spreading not just in hospitals, but in doctor's offices, clinics, and other health care ...

(CNN) — The Centers for Disease Control is raising a red flag that a potentially deadly bacteria may be lurking in your doctor’s office. The bacteria, C. difficile, is typically found in hospitals, ...

The doctor heading the new study is Kelly, who grew up in North Olmsted and graduated from the medical school at Ohio State University. She's working on it with Brandt, chief of gastroenterology at ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he ...

Dear Doctors: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...

MALIBU, Calif., Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Several doctors spoke before the FDA in Washington D.C. on November 4, advocating for C.diff treatment improvements. Among those in attendance were ...

Dear Doctor: A colleague just returned from a long hospital stay, where he battled a C. diff infection. He had asked for a fecal transplant but was refused. Will these ever become the standard of care ...

Mercy Medical Center's Dr. Anurag Masheshwari explains what to watch for when it comes to recurring C-Diff and how to prevent it. Mercy Medical Center's Dr. Anurag Masheshwari explains what to watch ...

Clostridium difficile or C. diff is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and one of the fastest growing superbugs, making it hard to fight with traditional antibiotics. Even when it’s ...

Fortunately for the 3 million people affected by C. diff in the US every year, the FDA is changing course. Thanks to the doctors who protested this new regulation, the FDA now says that it won’t ...

Dr. Thomas Louie in his lab with some of the fecal transplant pills he's used to treat C. diff successfully in more than 95 percent of the patients who've tried them. (Courtesy of the University of ...