When C. diff bacteria are outside the body, they are inactive spores. They only have a chance to become active when they're swallowed and reach the intestines. Even then, many people who swallow C.

The resistant strains also commonly had defects in sporulation. Sporulation is essential for C. diff to transmit from one person to the next and to survive on surfaces in hospitals. Future work will ...

Research by the University of Plymouth showed spores of Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. diff, are completely unaffected despite being treated with high concentrations of bleach used in ...

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New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows. The measures, developed by the CDC and collected through ...

The resistant strains also commonly had defects in sporulation. Sporulation is essential for C. diff to transmit from one ...

Pfizer's vaccine for Clostridium difficile (C. US biotech Vedanta Biosciences has been awarded up to $76.9 million to develop VE303 for high-risk Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) infection by ...

The resistant strains also commonly had defects in sporulation. Sporulation is essential for C. diff to transmit from one person to the next and to survive on surfaces in hospitals. Future work will ...

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Our Clostridium botulinum research funded by several competitive grants from European and national sources and forms two major research lines: Fundamental research questions focus on environmental, ...