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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 ...
Science Daily

Research uncovers hidden spread of one of the most common hospital-associated infections

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. diff can ...
newswise

Vanderbilt Health Evaluating Vaccine for C. difficile for People 65 and Older

Newswise — Investigators at Vanderbilt Health are enrolling participants in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing an investigational vaccine against Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, a contagious ...
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 ...
UGA Today

Opioid use linked to higher risk of C. difficile infection

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that opioid use could make patients more vulnerable to infections. Clostridioides difficile, also known as C. diff, is a highly contagious bacteria ...