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C. Difficile Infection

C. Difficile Infection

13TH PERSON DIES FROM C. DIFFICILE OUTBREAK NEAR MONTREAL

A thirteenth person has died from a C. Difficile infection at a hospital in Saint-Hyacinthe near Montreal, officials said on the weekend.
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Infection Difficile C

C.diff 'a factor in more deaths'

C.difficile infection is a greater contributory factor to deaths in Scottish hospitals than currently recorded, an expert warns.
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C. Difficile Infection Health & Special Psychology

Clostridium Difficile

C. Diff discovered at Altnagelvin

Clostridium Difficile is discovered within the intensive care unit of a Northern Ireland hospital.
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Infection Difficile C

Warning over new form of C.diff

A Labour MSP has warned of a "potentially more dangerous" form of the Clostridium difficile bug in Scottish hospitals. Ref. Source 6

Infection Difficile C

Study paves the way for Clostridium difficile treatment in pill form

Frozen and freeze-dried products for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) are nearly as effective as fresh product at treating patients with Clostridium difficile (C-diff) infection, according to researchers. Ref. Source 6a.

C. Difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile in the Food Supply

Clostridium difficile is one of our most urgent bacterial threats, sickening a quarter million Americans every year, and killing thousands at the cost of a billion dollars a year. And it’s on the rise. As shown in C. Difficile Superbugs in Meat, uncomplicated cases have been traditionally managed with powerful antibiotics, but recent reports suggest […] Ref. Source 9r.

C. Difficile Infection

Working group proposes new regulations for stool transfers. A working group of human microbiome researchers and legal experts developed what they say is an improved regulatory process for fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) which will result in better outcomes for patients and could serve as a model for other countries contemplating regulatory frameworks for FMT. Source 5e.

C. Difficile Infection Psychology Special & Health

Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients. Researchers have shown that autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (Auto-FMT) is a safe, effective way to replenish beneficial gut bacteria in cancer patients requiring intense antibiotics during allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Source 3n.