Vanderbilt University Medical Center: C. diff Infections Drop in Children
November 04, 2022
November 04, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), labeled an urgent threat by federal health officials, is a bacterium that can be associated with severe gastrointestinal events and is frequently hospital-acquired.
While the incidence of C. diff infections increased from the 1990s to the early 2000s, studies looking at the rate of infections more recently in a pediatric populatio . . .
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), labeled an urgent threat by federal health officials, is a bacterium that can be associated with severe gastrointestinal events and is frequently hospital-acquired.
While the incidence of C. diff infections increased from the 1990s to the early 2000s, studies looking at the rate of infections more recently in a pediatric populatio . . .