Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Toxic megacolon, a life-threatening complication, occurs in about 1% of patients with ulcerative colitis, ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, is back for another Day in the Life of a Doctor. Join her as she helps a northern Canadian hospital experiencing a physician ...

Fulminant colitis is a rare but severe form of colitis that can be life threatening. It affects the entire lining of the colon, causing severe inflammation and potentially serious complications. In ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Local physician Dr. Richard Mills is researching a vaccine that could prevent C. diff, a dangerous ...

Clostridioides difficile, a spore-forming and anaerobic gram-positive bacterium, causes a wide-spectrum diarrheal disease that can ultimately lead to life-threatening conditions such as toxic ...

Clostidioides difficile causes diarrhea that can be severe, and can lead to toxic megacolon, sepsis and death. It occurs in about 58 per 100,00 hospital admissions in the healthcare setting and an ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is a type of bacteria that causes a range of gastrointestinal symptoms, from mild diarrhoea to life-threatening colitis. It affects the colon, which ...