Blog Posts in Microbiome

On the face of it, one would think that the bacteria in our bodies benefit far more from their association with us than we do from our association with them. We give them places to hide out, protected ...

In this current climate of isolationist sentiment, both political and medical, it is difficult to conceive of the concept of friendly cooperation among all our parts. And yet we have always known that ...

We know that C diff infection is a big problem in healthcare settings – hospitals, nursing homes, other forms of care homes – because those who are most vulnerable to the effects of the infection are ...

Definition of Clostridium difficile infection : CDI is defined by the presence of symptoms (usually diarrhea and/or pain and huge dilatation of the colon – called toxic megacolon) and laboratory ...