Testing for and incidence of infection (CDI) was examined at a single center before and during the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Incidence of CDI remained stable but testing statistically significantly decreased during the first surge despite an increase in antibiotic use. There were no new …

In Spain, the prevalence rate of both HA-CDI and CA-CDI have been increasing. Burden of CDI as well as clinical and epidemiological characteristics of CDI patients will help to support public health decision-making.

CDI prevalence among those hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection was not found to be increased despite more use of antibiotics.

An increasing proportion of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are community acquired. This study tested farm, abattoir and retail food samples for C. difficile, using peer reviewed culture and molecular methods. The contamination rate on beef, sheep and broiler farms ranged from 2/30 (7%) to …

Clostridioides difficile, a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, is the primary cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhea. Antibiotics are a major risk factor for C. difficile infection (CDI), as they disrupt the gut microbial community, enabling increased germination of spores and gr …

A high prevalence of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic C. difficile was observed in adults with CF, comparable to that observed in the symptomatic CF population. There was no evidence of direct person-to-person transmission.

Evidence shows that bacteria on floors can be resuspended into the air with a potential of inhalation, swallowing, or contamination of surfaces and hands.

Clostridium difficile is an important pathogen in adult horses and foals, and our findings highlight the complexity surrounding the epidemiology of this opportunistic pathogen. It can be found commonly, transiently, and cluster within a facility in the absence of identifiable disease occurrences or …

For most hospitals in this system, rates of C. difficile remained level. Within the NAAT test categories, SIRs may not correlate with infection rates. Given the controversies regarding testing and calculation of SIRs, alternatives to C. difficile infection should be sought as a hospital quality meas …

Patients in mature adulthood may have different risk factors for recurrent C diff infection than their elderly counterparts.

The estimated national burden of Clostridioides difficile infections and related hospitalizations declined between 2011 and 2017 because of a decrease in health care-associated infections, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “It is important for the CDC to track the national progress in C. difficile infection (CDI) prevention efforts. Therefore, it is

A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection.

Sources of transmission and challenges that impact the management of community-onset C. difficile.  

Understanding the burden of C. difficile across the United States, panelists explore common risk factors associated with the condition and discuss the different ways it can manifest in patients.

Clostridioides difficile is one of the most frequent causes of nosocomial infections in humans leading to (antibiotic-associated) diarrhea and severe pseudomembranous colitis. With an increasing frequency, C. difficile infections (CDI) are also observed independently of hospitalization and the age o …