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Breakthrough mRNA vaccine offers new hope for treating and preventing C. difficile infections

A new mRNA-based vaccine offers significant promise in both treating and preventing the highly contagious and notoriously difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection, also known as C. diff. In...

19 October, 2024

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Pioneering multivalent mRNA-LNP vaccine provides breakthrough protection against C. difficile infection

Researchers from several U.S. institutions have developed an mRNA vaccine that has proven effective in protecting mice against intestinal Clostridioides difficile bacterial infections. In their paper published in...

7 October, 2024

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Leukocytosis is not an independent predictor of Clostridium difficile

Although leukocytosis is a prognostic marker in patients with Clostridium difficile (C difficile) infection, it is not an independent predictor of a positive nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) result for...

7 May, 2021

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