A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...

Using a diverse human gut community, researchers investigated how gut microbiota interspecies interactions affected the response of Clostridioides difficile to vancomycin and metronidazole. Findings ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

Understanding why some strains are resistant to the antibiotic metronidazole will allow clinicians to test before treating the infection with ineffective drugs Researchers at Texas A&M University ...

A study published in Epidemiology & Infection details the predictors of treatment failure among Clostridium difficile infection patients receiving metronidazole therapy. Researchers examined patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Declining clinical response rates removed metronidazole (MTZ) from guidelines as a preferred agent to treat C.

Most antibiotics are double-edged swords. Besides killing the pathogen they are prescribed for, they also decimate beneficial bacteria and change the composition of the gut microbiome. As a result, ...

When I took antibiotics for a sinus infection, I began feeling weak and feverish, with diarrhea. I went to the ER and learned I had Clostridioides difficile, an infection in the large intestine. The ...

Researchers have found that Enterococcus -- an antibiotic-resistant, opportunistic pathogen -- works together with C. difficile, reshaping and enhancing the metabolic environment in the gut so that C.

New study reveals at a molecular level how fidaxomicin selectively targets C. Diff bacteria while sparing the innocent bacterial bystanders of the gut microbiome. Most antibiotics are double-edged ...

Compared with azithromycin, doxycycline was associated with reduced Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a retrospective cohort ...

Researchers examined patients hospitalized at a hospital from January 2013 to December 2014. Among 314 patients with C. diff infections receiving metronidazole therapy, 62 showed treatment failure and ...