Infections of the bacterium C. difficile can cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon called colitis. It is estimated that around half a million infections of C. diff occur every year in the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Infection is a common risk factor after surgery, and it can be a particular concern with procedures on the colon. “When we talk about colon surgery, it is major abdominal surgery ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Intuitive’s website. A high rate of colon surgical site infections (SSI) triggered financial penalties for Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, a ...

May 16, 2011 — In patients undergoing colectomy, obesity is associated with a 60% increased risk for surgical site infection (SSI), and those developing SSIs had significantly increased costs and ...

Nebraska hospitals have the highest rate of colon surgery surgical site infections in the country, while hospitals in Wyoming have the lowest, CDC data shows. The CDC’s healthcare-associated ...

There's an association between blood infections caused by certain types of bacteria and an increased risk of colon cancer, a new study finds. "At this stage we are not sure if the bacteria are ...

(RTTNews) - Shares of Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (MCRB) increased more-than four-fold after the therapeutics company reported positive results from a late stage trial of its SER-109 for recurrent C.

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes sores called ulcers to form in the lining of your colon or rectum. Its most common symptom is urgent and frequent diarrhea, which ...

Crestone Inc. has enrolled its first patient for phase 2 of a clinical trial for CRS3123, a drug candidate to treat a type of colon infection called a clostridioides difficile infection, or CDI. “We ...