Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape. If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit. Log out ...

Help us make Medscape the best clinical resource possible. Please use this form to submit your questions or comments on how to make this resource center more useful to clinicians.

The new hand gel, produced by Primel, being tested in Royal Preston Hospital Pic: Primel/Lancashire Teaching Hospitals A world-first in health-protecting ha ...

Considering taking supplements to treat clostridium difficile infection? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of clostridium difficile infection.

Antibiotics can disrupt gut microbiota, leading to potential recurrences of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). New therapies like fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and monoclonal ...

Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. It’s a highly antibiotic resistant pathogen that can cause severe disease following antibiotic-mediated disruption of ...

These studies have found that gut astrocytes are important regulators of mucosal barrier function and inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease, necrotizing enterocolitis and Clostridium difficile ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Probiotics are live microorganisms (microscopic living things such as bacteria, ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston travelled to Rhode Island in the US to watch Dr Colleen Kelly perform a faecal transplant — a procedure that has a 90% success rate when used to treat the life-threatening ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Clostridium difficile infections are the most common cause of diarrhea associated with the use of antibiotics. If these bacteria attempt to invade the human gut, the ‘good bacteria,’ which outnumber C ...