FDA Clears Quest's C. difficile Molecular Test | GenomeWeb Daily News | PCR/Sample Prep | GenomeWeb

FDA Clears Quest's C. difficile Molecular Test | GenomeWeb Daily News | PCR/Sample Prep | GenomeWeb

Public, patients have right to know hospitals' infection rates | Op-Ed | Kentucky.com (C. difficile/MRSA)

Clostridium Difficile Infection Research - Mayo Clinic

Clostridium Difficile Infection

• Overview
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Appointments
• Clinical Trials
• Research

Research

Mayo researchers have studied the effect of a medicine that binds to the C. difficile toxin so that the toxin does not harm the colon. Another study compared a new antibiotic to vancomycin.

Mayo Publications

See a list of publications by Mayo Clinic authors about C. difficile on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

Fighting a hospital superbug - C. difficile

ongoing media stories - Three more die in C. difficile outbreak - The Globe and Mail

Note:

irrespective of location, C. difficile is an ongoing and unresolved issue (both hospital/non-hospital acquired) and in particular for cancer patients;

it seems the SARS cases of the past have not impacted the 'lessons-not-learned' category and yet people continue to die due to lapses in policy amongst other issues/concerns, patient safety efforts (eg. handwashing...) still need to be addressed (obviously)