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‘This is very contagious and very expensive’: Woman catches bacteria that gives her POTS. Then she warns against using public bathrooms

Two TikTokers have gone viral for warning against the bacteria C. diff, which one says is having an uptick in cases. Mars, 20, (@m4r5hi) has personal experience with C. diff. In their video, they say ...
Phys.org

First mRNA vaccine against C. difficile infection developed in animal model

A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff. In animal ...
Medical Xpress

C. difficile colonization in infants reshapes gut development, challenging a long-held assumption

Since its discovery, the highly contagious bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) has been reported not to cause symptoms in infants, leading to the assumption that colonization ...