Rates of C. difficile, the most common infectious cause of diarrhea in hospitalized patients in Canada, have decreased 36 per cent. Researchers say improvements in infection-control measures may have contributed to the decrease.
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‘Poop pills’ as good as colonoscopy to treat C. difficile: study
When it comes to treating Clostridium difficile with a fecal transplant — yes, human poop — swallowing a frozen capsule appears to have far less of an “ick factor” and works as well as delivering the therapy via colonoscopy, researchers say. CBC | Health News
Is your poop the ‘right stuff’? Then this Toronto hospital may want it to fight C. difficile
A Toronto medical team wants help saving C. difficile sufferers’ lives, after they’ve run short on donors in their fecal transplant program. CBC | Health News
Clostridium difficile infection WARNING over children’s sand pits harbouring superbug
SAND play pits harbour the emerging superbug C. diff that causes stomach upsets and diarrhoea and in rare cases damages the gut, a new study found. Daily Express :: Health Feed
