Objective: To assess the prevalence of diarrhea at a university-affiliated medical center and the presence of modifiable risk factors. Methods: A point prevalence survey was conducted. All patients ...

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have obtained the crystal structure of a toxin from the bacterium Clostridium difficile ("C. diff")—the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea ...

I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing diarrhea on and off. I initially spoke to my general physician, and he thought it could be ...

Oct. 17 (UPI) --Hospital bedsheets cleaned in commercial machines with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all traces of a bacteria that causes infectious diarrhea ...

(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Diarrhea cases increase in hot season so families must observe hygiene and take such patients to health centres, health workers said on Wednesday.

Persistent diarrhea is a commonly encountered but poorly recognized and often misunderstood illness, according to Herbert DuPont, MD, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at The University ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Pediatricians said they’re seeing an uptick in a nasty stomach bug in young kids. Most parents have heard of the virus behind this – it’s Rotavirus. It causes severe diarrhea, ...

I was alone and lying in a hospital bed when a consultant came into the room. It was 2010 and I was 19. I had been experiencing bloody diarrhea for three months. That’s when I was told something I’ll ...

The results of this study indicate that diarrhea is very common in hospitalized patients. In our one day survey, 16.7% of all hospitalized patients reported diarrhea and 12.4% reported 2 or more ...