diarrhea

About 500,000 people in the U.S. become infected with the potentially fatal diarrhea bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff.) each year.

Now a new study is shedding light on who is most at risk -- and why.

(MedPage Today) -- Immunization of infants with the rotavirus vaccine has not only reduced the incidence of disease in the youngest patients, but also had the surprising consequence of reducing the incidence of diarrhea in older age groups, a national U.S. analysis found.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved fidaxomicin (Dificid) to treat diarrhea associated with Clostridium difficile infections -- the first new drug approved for the disease in 30 years.

(MedPage Today) -- Routine rotavirus vaccination in the community helps prevent spread of the diarrhea-producing virus among hospitalized children as well, a retrospective study from one pediatric hospital found.

MUMBAI, India (AP) -- It took two years of secret suffering and gut-wrenching diarrhea to make Lumkile Sizila face the fact that he had HIV....

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The novel antibiotic prulifloxacin effectively stoped traveler's diarrhea with once-daily dosing in the second phase III trial of the drug, researchers reported here.