VERIFY: Hand sanitizer won't work against Norovirus
Physicians warn Norovirus is one of the illnesses spreading rampantly this February, widening its ruthless contagion through ...
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What to Eat When You Have C. Diff (Clostridioides Difficile)
“C. difficile has become the most common microbial ... each year,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH. Antibiotics are known to destroy the ...
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Long-Term Problems After C. Diff
C. diff makes spores that are shed in feces and ... with recurrent CDI to promote the growth of healthy bacteria. The CDC ...
First mRNA vaccine against C. difficile infection developed in animal model
In animal models, this first mRNA-LNP C. difficile vaccine was found to protect against C. difficile first-time infections ...
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GUEST COLUMN: C. diff infections increasing throughout the world
Q. My son picked up an infection in the hospital recently. It sounded like the doctors were calling it “see-dift.” It gave him terrible diarrhea. Do you know what this is? A. The doctors were ...
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Hand sanitizer doesn’t kill these viral infections
Germs such as cryptosporidium and clostridioides difficile (C.diff) also survive hand sanitizers ... as outlined on the CDC’s website. To protect against infections, the CDC’s medical ...