The imbalance of microbial composition and diversity in favor of pathogenic microorganisms combined with a loss of beneficial gut microbiota taxa results from factors such as age, diet, antimicrobial ...

2Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington. 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 1Division of Human ...

This indicator covers the incidence of healthcare associated infections from Clostridium difficile (C. diff). It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to ...

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In modern life science research, fluorescence microscopy is a popular and powerful imaging technique. Yet, despite its overall success, the need for fluorescent labels limit its potential applications ...

It gave him terrible diarrhea. Do you know what this is? A. The doctors were referring to the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which is often called C. diff or C. difficile. There’s a good ...