Detecting bacterial infestations within the GI system, particularly using low cost methods, takes so much time that treatment is often administered too late. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation with donor stool, administered via a colonoscopy, is more effective than the patient's own stool in preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection episodes, ...

Fever, nausea, cramping, and diarrhea — if you have ulcerative colitis (UC), you probably know that those symptoms signal a flare. The same symptoms can also be a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) ...

In September, researchers opened OpenBiome in Cambridge, Mass., a nonprofit stool bank that prepares feces samples for use in fecal microbiota transplantation, according to a boston.com report. The ...

Neil Minkoff, MD: Let me ask the payers who are here, Dr Abdallah and Dr Stephens, to weigh in on how they cover FMT [fecal microbiota transplantation] and any of the barriers that are in the way for ...

Children between the ages of one and three had the highest incidence of Clostridium difficile infections of all patients under the age of 18 in 2010 and 2011, according to a study in Pediatrics.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) as a treatment option for those with recurrent Clostridium difficile (C diff) infections ...

Rachel works as a CRNA where she provides anesthesia care across the lifespan, including pediatric anesthesia, with a primary focus on orthopedic anesthesia. She is also an Assistant Professor at the ...

In developing a treatment for Clostridium difficile—an infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea—Ferring Pharmaceuticals has had to dig deep in a decadelong pursuit, experimenting with ...

An infection with Clostridioides difficile (or C. diff in the trade) that occurs 72 hours after admission to the hospital is considered hospital-acquired. Medicare penalizes hospitals financially if ...