Researchers say the reduction was influenced by the combined effects of changes in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, and health care delivery.
Going to the dentist is unavoidable. But getting an antibiotic prescription from the dentist isn't. Part 3 of a 3-part series on potential harms from taking antibiotics for dental procedures.
Dental antibiotic use has remained stubbornly high for years, but efforts to promote more judicious prescribing are gaining traction. Part 2 of a 3-part series on potential harms from taking antibiotics for dental procedures.
Dentists wrote more than 27 million antibiotic prescriptions last year, many of them unnecessary. Part 1 of a 3-part series on potential harms from taking antibiotics for dental procedures.
A small-molecule protein synthesis inhibitor that targets C diff without disrupting the gut microbiome was found to be highly effective and well-tolerated in a small randomized trial.
White Americans accounted for 84% of the 216,311 C difficile-associated deaths reported from 1999 through 2023, researchers reported at IDWeek 2025.
At a New Jersey hospital, treating 29 patients with multiple recurrent CDI cases resulted in a net loss of more than $2.2 million over 4 years.
Among 1,000 US respondents, 54% said they weren't familiar with C difficile infection, down from 60% in a 2021 survey.
Among hospitalized patients in Israel, exposure to any antibiotic was associated with double the risk for C difficile infection.
A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile infection when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
