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JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in its DEFLECT-1, Phase 3b clinical trial of DIFICID® (fidaxomicin) tablets for the prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), often referred to as bone marrow transplantation. CDAD can be a serious complication of HSCT. (Logo:...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OPTR) today announced that new research findings for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and DIFICID® (fidaxomicin) tablets will be featured in presentations at IDWeek 2012 occurring October 17-21 in San Diego, CA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090413/LA97352LOGO) Oral Presentations 692 - "Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Hospitalization among Hospitalized...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTR) announced today the implementation of an initiative designed to accelerate and expand patient access to DIFICID® (fidaxomicin) tablets. Separately, and consistent with its goal of improving awareness and understanding of the disease, Optimer is also announcing a new project analyzing the burden of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). (Logo:...
G-Tech has obtained IRB approval to launch a clinical research study designed to record abnormal myoelectrical activity in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Palo Alto, Calif. (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 G-Tech, an early stage medical device company, announced today that it has received IRB approval to launch a six-month, 60-subject clinical research study designed to record abnormal myoelectrical activity in subjects with abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The feature article in the September edition of Infection Control Today, "Environmental Hygiene, What we Know from Scientific Studies," highlights a case study submitted by Suzanne McCarthy, RN, Administrative Director of Perioperative Services at Methodist University Hospital. This year-long study detailed how hospital staff integrated mobile Tru-D SmartUVC disinfection technology into hospital cleaning protocols to reduce C.diff...
John Neumann for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Kaitlin Hunter of Marietta GA, after a near-fatal auto accident, found herself fighting for her life against a clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in her colon due to the June 2011 car crash. Emergency crews had to cut Hunter from her dad’s car and then she was flown to a hospital, where she found herself recovering for weeks afterwards from a fractured spine, lacerated liver and colon, and 10 broken toes. In the hospital...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health today advised consumers that Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter made with sea salt may be related to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella. The department is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials in several states to investigate the outbreak. Nationally, there have been 29 cases of illness with two cases reported in Pennsylvania. Trader...
Children drinking from around half the UK's private water supplies are almost 5 times more likely to pick up stomach infections – according to research from the University of East Anglia University of East Anglia research shows children at risk from rural water supplies Children drinking from around half the UK's private water supplies are almost five times more likely to pick up stomach infections – according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Research...
Oral drug shows clinical response and remission in some patients An investigational drug currently under FDA review for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has now shown positive results in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine. The study will appear in the August 16, 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Results from the phase 2 clinical trial showed the drug...
Researchers look at the spread of dysentery from Europe to industrializing countries Researchers have found that a bacterium that emerged centuries ago in Europe has now been spreading globally into countries undergoing rapid development and industrialization. Unlike other diarrheal diseases, this one is unlikely to be resolved by providing access to clean water. As developing countries become more industrialized the numbers of infections with dysentery-causing Shigella flexneri are known...
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Clostridium difficile, also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C. diff", is a Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium that causes severe diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria in the gut flora are wiped out by antibiotics. They are anaerobic, spore-forming rods and is the most serious cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and potentially to pseudomembranous colitis. C. difficile bacteria naturally resides in the gut of a small percentage of the adult population. Others...
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhea among infants and young children and is one of several viruses that cause the stomach flu. It is in the family Reoviridae and is a genus of double-stranded RNA. Most children have been infected by the age of five. Each infection builds on previous immunity and thus subsequent infections are less severe and adults are rarely affected. The fives species of the virus are referred to as A, B, C, D, and E. Type A, which is the most common, causes more...
Norovirus is an RNA virus that causes approximately 90% of epidemic non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world. It may also be responsible for 50% of all foodborne outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the U.S. It can affect people of all ages and is transmitted by food or water that is contaminated, by person-to-person contact, and through aerosolization of the virus and subsequent contamination of surfaces. Immunity is usually incomplete and temporary after infection. People...
