Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium Difficile Disease Injury Lawsuits
Clostridium Difficile Lawsuits. Clostridium difficile has become a common infection control problem in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that affects your intestines. New versions of this bacterium produce 20 times the toxin of the older version. When clostridium difficile takes over the toxins … [Read more...] about Clostridium Difficile Disease Injury Lawsuits
Rising Cases of C. diff Infections in Florida
C. Diff Is On the Rise. C. diff has been making the news lately and now, a new antibiotic resistant strain of the diarrheal illness is showing up in health care facilities nationwide, reports the East Volusia News-JournalOnline.com. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reports C. diff has been … [Read more...] about Rising Cases of C. diff Infections in Florida
C. diff Bacteria Found in Meats
Intestinal Germ C. Difficile is Present in 40 Percent of All Grocery Meats. MSNBC.com is reporting that a recent study has revealed that the intestinal germ Clostridium difficile—C. diff—is present in 40 percent of all grocery meats. C. diff tends to appear in people on antibiotics and occurs when spores enter the body orally and … [Read more...] about C. diff Bacteria Found in Meats
C. Diff Drug Resistant Infection Next Public Health Threat
C. Diff is An Infectious Disease. C. diff-or clostridium difficile-is a spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that infectious disease experts are saying is taking the path of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-MRSA-and is moving from within hospitals to the community at large. Like MRSA, C. diff has become … [Read more...] about C. Diff Drug Resistant Infection Next Public Health Threat
C. Difficile Outbreak Linked to Hospital Deaths
C. Difficile Outbreak In Hospitals Linked To The Deaths Of Patients. Public health authorities have yet to contain an outbreak of C. difficile-related diarrhea in a St. Hyacinthe hospital that has been linked to the deaths of nine patients since July. At present, 22 patients most of them elderly are still sick with Clostridium … [Read more...] about C. Difficile Outbreak Linked to Hospital Deaths
Hospital Group Slams State’s C. Diff Reporting System
Reporting System For Infections Known As C. Diff Is Flawed. A new state reporting system for infections known as C. diff is flawed, says a hospital association lawyer, calling into question the accuracy of hospital cases reported last week by the Ohio Department of Health. The Health Department since January has collected and … [Read more...] about Hospital Group Slams State’s C. Diff Reporting System
