#Cdiff

According to @CDCgov, #Cdiff infection is an urgent public health threat. To help raise awareness, in partnership with Pfizer, a group of experts recently launched the C. difficile Awareness Initiative. Learn more about their work:

Thank you to the @AmCollegeGastro for this award! I’m excited to continue researching #Cdiff in #IBD. Big thank you to my mentors @UMichGIHep @UMichResearch Nobu Kamada @ibddoctor @a2binny Krishna Rao! Also thanks to @umfoodoc for a division that supports junior faculty!

Congratulations, Kira Newman, MD, PhD, on your ACG Junior Faculty Development Award! #ACGInstitute #FutureofGI #GITwitter ➡️ @KiraNewmanMDPhD

November is Clostridioides difficile (𝘊. 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧) Awareness Month. CDC estimates nearly 500,000 U.S. infections each year. Most occur during or soon after antibiotic use. Join us in raising awareness of #Cdiff prevention and antibiotic risks. #AMResistanceFighters

#quickcase you are asked to see an ICU consult for abdominal pain, diarrhea and WBC 37k. P 110s SBP100s. #cdiff positive and has been on vanco and flagyl. Tender but no peritonitis. CT below. Now what?

#DYK most cases of #Cdiff occur while you’re taking #antibiotics or not long after you’ve finished? Protect yourself and your loved ones from this life-threatening infection. #CdiffAwarenessMonth

New! Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by @IDSAInfo and @SHEA_Epi #cdiff

Recent case-control study published in @AJHPOfficial by @Kerry_LaPlante evaluated independent predictors of first recurrence of #Cdiff among large national cohort of acute and long-term care veterans #CDI Check out full study here:

New study in @SHEA_Epi evaluated impact of PO Vanco prophy during systemic abx therapy on #Cdiff relapse in patients w/ history of CDI. Take Home: No consistent reduction in risk of CDI relapse, but patients w/ 1 prior CDI episode may benefit.

Bold new poster format for #eccmid2019. H/t @mikemorrison @PaulSaxMD #betterposter #cdiff #whatsonyourmattress

Great overview and update on the management of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) @Khanna_S @DarrellPardi #Cdiff #AAD #Diarrhea #GItwitter #BJHM #IDtwitter #internalmedicine #Hospitalist #Medtwitter

Washing your hands with soap and water every time you use the bathroom and always before you eat is the only way to prevent the spread of #Cdiff from person to person. Learn more ways to protect yourself and your family: #NovemberCdiffAwareness

Fecal microbiota transplantation can be used for the first-line treatment of #CDiff. And they might also be used to treat #autism and #alopecia areata.

This #CdiffAwarenessMonth, educate yourself and your loved ones about #Cdiff. Download and share CDC's FREE C. diff educational factsheets: #CdiffInfectionAwareness #BeAntibioticsAware

T4: What are some things patients/non-healthcare workers can do to help reduce risk of C. difficile infection? #Cdiff

Please participate in our 10-min anonymous international surveys on C. difficile: one on prophylaxis, the other diagnosis/treatment. Open to clinicians who manage ≥3 adult cases in a year. Share your expertise! #IDtwitter #cdiff @connorprosty @DrEmilyMcD

#DYK? About 1 in 6 people who’ve had #Cdiff will get infected again in the subsequent 2-8 weeks. This #CdiffAwarenessMonth, learn how you can avoid getting C. diff again: #CdiffInfectionAwareness #BeAntibioticsAware

Not sure who needs to hear this, but: #metronidazole can be q12h and not q8h for everything except CNS infections & fulminant #cdiff #idtwitter #MedTwitter #idcrit @IdVilchez @IDstewardship

Exciting new IDSA C diff recs #IDWeek2020 #cdiff

Day 3. #lupus #salmonella #cdiff #subdays Minimum of 5 days. More likely 6-7 Thank you for your well-wishes and prayers. 🧡

#cdiff spores aren't killed by alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Providers should always wear gloves with cdiff patients. #CleanHandsCount