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

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reveals that the use of doxycycline may help protect against Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection for some ...

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ACG Stool Transplants Stop 90% of C difficile Recurrences Fecal microbiota transplants, also known as stool transplants, succeeded in 91% of patients with recurrent C difficile infections who had ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

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 ...