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
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
