A newly developed antibiotic called EVG7 could offer a powerful new way to stop Clostridioides difficile, a dangerous gut bacterium that often returns after treatment. In mouse studies, researchers ...

Severe acute pancreatitis is frequently complicated by hospital-acquired infections that worsen outcomes and prolong intensive care stays. New evidence suggests that modulating the microbiome may ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial cells behave inside the gut to the molecular switches that help them survive ...

Key Takeaways Some antibiotics can disrupt the balance of gut bacteria for up to eight years after a single courseCertain ...

The Utica Zoo’s red panda Mei Lin was found to have died from an intestinal infection after extensive testing at Cornell ...

Antibiotics are not always needed, especially for viral infections. Improper use can harm the body and disturb gut health.

Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known as C. diff—are a serious and persistent problem for patients and hospitals ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

Just a single course of treatment can leave a lasting impression, according to a study of nearly 15,000 people in Sweden ...

ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children ...

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If you have ever eaten antibiotics in your lifetime or do so in the future, then you need to know what taking a single antibiotic dose can do to your gut. A new study has the answers to what people ...