Significant challenges stand in the way of the use of fecal microbiota transplantation for C difficile infection in the US, ...

Four things you need to know: 1. A team of researchers led by Michael Bretthauer, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at the University of Oslo in Norway, conducted the study at six Norwegian hospitals ...

New research shows fecal transplants are effective treatment for C. difficile and irritable bowel disease, according to findings (pdf) presented at the annual meeting of the American College of ...

Fecal transplant treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile is more effective and more likely to prevent bloodstream infections than antibiotics, according to a study published Nov ...

A study in Clinical Infectious Diseases investigated whether fecal transplantation is an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. The researchers — led by Susy S. Hota, MD, ...

Dear Doctors: I was sick for months with debilitating pain, extreme weight loss, fatigue and loss of appetite. I was diagnosed with C. diff related to an abdominal surgery. I’m being treated with ...

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 ...

Clostridium difficile bacteria, 3D illustration. Spore-forming bacteria that cause pseudomembraneous colitis and are associated with nosocomial antibiotic resistance Fecal transplant performs as well ...

Tim Story, a high school football coach and teacher in Hattiesburg, Miss., was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. In the spring of 2022, Tim Story’s doctor told him that he likely had just months to live.

In the spring of 2022, Tim Story’s doctor told him that he likely had just months to live. Story, a high school football coach in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had been diagnosed with Stage 3 small bowel ...