Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.

Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...

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 ...

The bacterium, Clostridium difficile, can inflame the colon when the normal gut bacteria gets disrupted. This often occurs from antibiotics. The inflammation of the colon is referred to as ...

A new Phase 2 pilot study shows that giving spores of a non-toxic C. difficile bacteria by mouth is effective in stopping repeated bouts of C. diff infection, a major complication of hospitalization.

Too much dietary zinc increases susceptibility to infection by Clostridium difficile - "C. diff" - the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections. The findings, reported Sept. 26 in Nature ...