Category: C. difficile
Treatment of C. difficile infection in children and adolescents
Travis J. Carlson, PharmD, BCIDP
Evidence regarding the treatment of C. difficile infection in children and adolescents has recently emerged and the results may surprise you!
Prioritizing fulminant C. difficile infection research
Travis J. Carlson, PharmD, BCIDP
Fulminant C. difficile infection is a deadly disease, yet no medication intervention has demonstrated the ability to reduce the risk of mortality.
Perfect probiotics for C. difficile: what's your gut telling you?
Kelly R. Reveles, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCPS
Probiotics may help prevent C. difficile infections, but limitations exist and newer microbiome-targeted therapies offer advantages
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection: Helpful or Harmful?
Anne J. Gonzales-Luna, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Prophylaxis is used to prevent a variety of infections but using antibiotics to prevent C. difficile infection may have the opposite effect.