All Clostridoides difficile articles

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    Features

    Clostridioides difficile: the unseen passenger from farm to fork

    2025-11-12T08:56:00Z

    Once known as a hospital superbug, Clostridioides difficile is now turning up in surprising places – production animal farms, soil, retail meats, vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, and even household kitchens. Recent research suggests this gut pathogen may not be confined to just hospital wards but is moving through our food chain, raising questions regarding how C. difficile finds its way to our plates, and what might be the result.

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    News

    C diff poses real threat of being deployed for biological warfare

    2024-09-30T00:01:00Z

    International biosafety standards need to be updated to curtail the threat of Clostridioides difficile toxins being deployed for biological warfare, warns a new study.