SALT LAKE CITY – Over the past two decades there has been a sharp rise in the number and severity of infections caused by the bacteria Clostridium difficile often shortened to C. diff now the most ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research. The ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...

C. diff is a horrible disease that can cause significant morbidity. It can and often does recur and kills around 30,000 Americans every year. We have made progress in prevention and treatment, but ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation has become one of the most effective treatments for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections, but its long-term role in gastroenterology may hinge on moving ...

Recurrent C. diff infection is when you contract a C. diff infection 2 to 8 weeks after completing treatment for a previous one. C. diff relapse is a recurrence of the same strain, while reinfection ...

A fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both in the ...

Fecal microbiota transplant was noninferior to vancomycin as the initial treatment for C. diff in a randomized, open-label trial. Transplant showed slightly higher cure rates without recurrence and ...

A fecal transplant performs as well as antibiotics in treating people with a bacterial infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, a new study says. People who received a single fecal ...

There are trillions of bacteria that live in your colon. Most of them are harmless and many are actually helpful, supporting digestion and keeping your immune system strong. C. diff is one type of ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, computer illustration. C. difficile is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine, but it can become a pathogen when antibiotics disrupt the normal intestinal flora and ...

C. diff colitis is inflammation of a person’s colon due to contagious bacteria. Most people with C. diff colitis fully recover, but in rare cases the condition can be life threatening. It is possible ...