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Clostridium Difficile - Articles
Clostridium difficile or C. Diff
by
Haveyroo
Posted
Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:53am
FROM MSNBC site about C. Diff
Scientists cultured the imprint of a health care worker's gloved hand after examining a patient infected with Clostridium difficile, known... for Clostridium difficile or C. Diff. I have found articles on MSNBC about it. It is a very serious virus and we are taking all the precautions we can. After work yesterday I ran over
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Clostridium difficile
by
flakymn
Posted
Thu 12 Mar 2009 12:00am
difficile -- often called C. difficile or "C. diff." According to Mayo Clinic's website : "your intestines contain millions of bacteria, many of which help protect your body from... in order to treat C.diff, I need to take another antibiotic. The two commonly used to treat C.diff can both go through breast milk. One of them is not advised in breastfeeding
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Laboratory-Acquired Clostridium difficile
by
Annet Lenderink
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm
of C.difficile infection in 2 technicians working with PCR ribotype 027 strains. One case in the Netherlands and one in Spain. Read More…
Laboratory‐Acquired Clostridium difficile.... No particular safety precautions are recommended for working with it. Now there are 2 case reports of laboratory acquisition of C.difficile infection in 2 technicians working with PCR
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MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infections
by
Dr. Donal O'Donoghue
Posted
Wed 09 Dec 2009 12:00am
The Health Protection Agency is now publishing quarterly analyses on MRSA and Clostridium difficile rates. These make interesting reading. There has been good progress... but we shouldn’t be complacent. Kidney services remain with the highest rate of all specialities, zero tolerance needs to be maintained.
Clostridium difficile infection rates
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Intestinal Infections on the Rise – C. Diff
by
Medical Quack
Posted
Tue 11 Nov 2008 1:12pm
1 Comment
R. Jarvis, incidences of C. difficile could actually be far higher.
ABC News: Intestinal Infections on the Rise
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Study: Lesser-known germ (C-diff) a bigger threat than MRSA
by
Stephen Tvedten
Posted
Sun 21 Mar 2010 11:54am
in hospitals and other health care facilities. But infections from Clostridium difficile -- known as C-diff -- are surpassing MRSA infections, the study of 28 hospitals in the Southeast found. Clostridium difficile or “C. diff.” C. diff. killed more patients in England in 2006 than MRSA. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported a nearly twofold increase
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C-diff; Bad Bug Coming to a Hospital Near You
by
Victoria Powell
Posted
Mon 03 May 2010 12:00am
” that hasn’t yet gotten much attention is C-diff or Clostridium difficile .
This infection sickens about a half million Americans every year, and every year the epidemic gets about... became four times more lethal, with death rates increasing from 5.7 per million Americans to 23.7 per million Americans in 2004.
C. diff bacteria are very sensitive to oxygen
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C diff Guidelines: Metronidazole Still Preferred?
by
Paul Sax
Posted
Wed 31 Mar 2010 11:26am
IDSA and The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have published Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection .
Not surprisingly... Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). The dosage is 500 mg orally 3 times per day for 10–14 days.
Vancomycin is the drug of choice for an initial episode of severe CDI. The dosage
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