A new antibiotic called EVG7 may beat stubborn C. difficile infections by killing the pathogen while preserving the gut bacteria that keep it from coming back. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists in Leiden have developed a new antibiotic called EVG7 that can combat the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile using only a very small dose. The treatment also appears to greatly reduce the chances that the infection will return, a common problem with current antibiotics. The findings were reported in the

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