Category: C. difficile

C. difficile
Treatment of C. difficile infection in children and adolescents

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!

C. difficile
Prioritizing fulminant C. difficile infection research

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.

C. difficile
Perfect probiotics for <i>C. difficile:</i> what's your gut telling you?

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

C. difficile
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infection: Helpful or Harmful?

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.