New research from the University of Georgia suggests that opioid use could make patients more vulnerable to infections.
Opioid use may weaken immune systems, leaving patients more vulnerable to infection, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
About one in every 31 hospital patients will pick up an infection in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease ...
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Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...
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Clostridioides difficile/Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterial infection and is the most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea. C. diff has two distinct presentations, primary and ...