Microscopic view of a Clostridium difficile bacterium surrounded by tangled structures.

Understanding C. diff and Its New Hand Hygiene Guidelines

C. difficile, Hospital-Acquired Infection #1 C. difficile infection (CDI) is among the most serious of nosocomial infections, affecting nearly half a million Americans each year. The leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrheal infection, C. difficile spreads via spores that are highly resistant to physical and biochemical cleaning agents. Approximately 75 percent of CDI cases are acquired […]

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