C. difficile: Intervention drops hospital infection rate by a third
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is the one of the leading pathogens causing hospital-acquired infection in the United States. It may cause diarrhea, colitis, sepsis and lead to prolonged hospitalization and death. Researchers say they've found a way to reduce the acquisition of this infection and drop its frequency to a fraction of what it had been.