The rate of cases of colitis (colon inflammation) caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile more than doubled among patients hospitalized in the United States between 1993 and 2003, and the illness ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) had more complications requiring hospitalization or emergency department (ED) care after colonoscopy than patients without IBD, according to ...

An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...

The consumption of dietary supplements and cold therapies containing high concentrations of zinc is now being called into question, following research that suggests it may worsen Clostridium difficile ...

In a phase-one human clinical trial, a University of Houston pharmacist researcher has demonstrated that a newer generation tetracycline antibiotic, called Omadacycline, may be a promising tool in ...

You are caring for a 45-year-old woman with a 2-year history of mild ulcerative proctosigmoiditis that began at a time of significant stress associated with the breakup of her marriage. The patient ...