The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile – commonly called C. diff – spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Clostridioides difficile, or c.diff, bacteria (ART-ur/Shutterstock) In two-thirds of cases where patients acquired C. diff in the hospital, the bacteria clustered genetically with samples from ...

Recent research has uncovered that the transmission rate of Clostridium difficile infection, commonly referred to as C. diff, within intensive care units (ICUs) is significantly higher than previously ...

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff, is a bacteria that spreads easily, is 'immune' to disinfectants and kills about six percent of people it infects — mostly older adults. Previous ...

Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, is a highly contagious bacterium that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever, and can be fatal in about 6% of U.S. cases. Earlier studies indicated that direct ...

Clostridium difficile infection—commonly called C. diff—causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever and is lethal in about 6% of cases in the U.S. The disease is highly contagious, but in ...

C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C.

The results published in JAMA Network Open as "Environmental and Health Care Personnel Sampling and Unobserved Clostridium difficile Transmission in ICU." The study was funded by the National ...

A health care provider cleans their hands. Hand hygiene is a crucial measure to prevent the invisible spread of C. difficile and other infections. IMPACT: The results could spur more rigorous ...

One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. IMPACT: The results ...