72 posts tagged Difficile

Gastroenterologists issue new infection control guidelines The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) this week issued its new infection control guidelines regarding gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy — guidelines which appear in the May issue of the medical journal, GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 12 — Bad comply plus bloodthirsty cleansing protocols may blow out of the water the aim of acquiring Clostridium difficile privacy suite, according to a tiny study. Toilets scruffy in and out of patients feasible retirement on the road to C.

globeandmail.com: C. difficile exacts heavy toll at Ontario hospital. and in the rest of Canada now too. TORONTO - A deadly outbreak of a highly contagious superbug at an Ontario hospital claimed the lives of one-third of the patients afflicted with the disease, a far greater toll than previously believed.

Hospitals embracing germ-resistant keyboards for computers Computer keyboards with “cleanliness sensors and germ-resistant coatings” are being embraced in the U.K.  The idea — stop the spread of MRSA, other superbugs, and make hospitals cleaner and safer, overall, according to doctors.

Doctors say new superbug is triggered by antibiotics Health officials across the nation are girding themselves for a new medical superbug that may become the next major public health threat. The Centers for Disease Control reports that several states have seen increased rates of “clostridium difficile-associated disease,” noting more severe symptoms and an increased number of deaths.

livescience.com The yogurt section in the grocery store has gotten pretty complicated. Instead of just choosing between regular and light, or fruit on the bottom versus premixed varieties, customers can now select what kind of bacteria they wish to devour with each cold spoonful.

By JoNel Aleccia Health writer MSNBC Amy Warren had never heard of the germ that made her so miserable. In January 2005, weeks after giving birth to her daughter, the Ohio mother of two knew only that she was in pain, suffering cramping so severe she felt like she was still in labor.

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 2, 2008 - Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTR) today announced the pamphlet of its Phase 1 clinical trials of OPT-80 in the April 2008 copy of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy published by the American Society for Microbiology.

Here’s a story on the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii from John James of AIDS Treatment News, posting at AIDS Treatment News Daily Alerts - www.aidsnews.org/now. 2008-04-30 Report raises C. diff concerns; yeast-based probiotic shown to help significantly reduce recurrence Antibiotic-resistant Clostridium difficile (C.

Hospital patients with a potentially deadly intestinal infection doubled over five years from 2001 to 2005.  A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that over 150,000 people were discharged from US hospitals after a Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD).