SUNY Upstate seeks small army of volunteers for vaccine study against common, deadly infection

Syracuse, NY — Upstate Medical University is looking for 1,000 volunteers — its largest clinical trial to date — to test a ...
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Upstate recruiting over 1,000 seniors for Clostridioides difficile vaccine study

EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Upstate Institute for Global Health is looking for over 1000 Central New Yorkers to ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Fecal transplant one option for treating C. diff infection

Q: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with antibiotics, ...
Standard-Examiner

C. diff a potentially deadly, transmissible infection

Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...
Science Daily

Novel C. diff structures are required for infection, offer new therapeutic targets

Newly discovered iron storage 'ferrosomes' inside the bacterium C. diff -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections -- are important for infection in an animal model and could offer new ...
Healthline

What to Know About Yellow C. diff Diarrhea

C. diff infection can cause diarrhea. While it may lead your poop to change color, there are no specific colors that are definitive evidence of having C. diff. According to the Centers for Disease ...
Times-Standard

Ask the Doctors | Fecal transplant helps treat C. diff infection

Dear Doctors: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...
Becker's Hospital Review

C. diff carriers who show no symptoms can up infection risk in other hospitalized patients

Asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. difficile in hospitals increase the risk of infection for other patients, according to a study published in Gastroenterology. Researchers performed ...
Forbes

Learn To “See” C. Difficile To Protect Yourself From This Serious Infection

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Isolating asymptomatic C. diff carriers linked with lower incidence of infection

Isolating asymptomatic C. diff carriers linked with lower incidence of infection Screening and isolating asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriers was associated with a reduction in incidence of ...
UPI

Alternative antibiotic for pneumonia may reduce risk of C. diff infection

A new study on Clostridioides difficile infections finds that choosing an alternative antibiotic for high-risk patients with pneumonia can reduce infection risk. C. diff infections can be deadly, and ...