#c. difficile

Clostridioides difficile

Notes from the Field: Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Children with Clostridioides difficile Colonization Associated with an Improperly Treated Swimming Pool — Pennsylvania, June 2021

On June 7, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) received multiple complaints of gastrointestinal illness from patrons of a community swimming pool. Two patrons reported positive Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Clostridioides difficile from stool specimens. PADOH issued pool closure orders and initiated an outbreak response to identify a source and prevent…

Herkömmliche Schmerzmittel können eine Clostridium difficile Infektion verschlimmern #Clostridium #difficile #Infektion #Entzündung #des #Dickdarm #Schmerzmittel #Bakterium

Clostridium difficile Infektion

Eine Studie ergab, dass bestimmte Schmerzmittel die Infektion mit Clostridium difficile fördern können. Die Ergebnisse können dazu beitragen, das Management der Erkrankung und ihrer Symptome zu verbessern.

Clostridium difficile, auch C. difficile oder C. diff genannt, ist ein Bakterium, das eine Entzündung des Dickdarms verursacht.

Diese Krankheit betrifft häufig…

up-side: actual fucking diagnosis, finally, and treatable, in general

❝ In the early 2000s, a deadly gut infection began to surge. After decades of lurking in intestines and hospitals—more opportunistic nuisance than lethal threat—the bacterium Clostridium difficile abruptly exploded, spreading rapidly and causing more severe diarrheal disease than ever before. By 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that C. diff infected nearly half a…

Трехалоза – алтернатива на захарта, която не е толкова здравословна, колкото изглежда

Захарната алтернатива, която се счита за “здравословна”, изглежда, че не е толкова здравословна. Ново проучване разкрива, че изкуствената захар, известна като трехалоза, която се среща в много хранителни продукти, играе роля в увеличаването на смъртоносния супербъг, наречен Clostridium difficile, която е бактерия, причиняваща инфекция, водеща до тежка диария и смърт – и е една от…