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 ...

Q: 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 antibiotics, ...

Minnie Hatch, 29, from Salt Lake City, had painful stomach cramps, and other symptoms for months before finding out she had Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. These bacteria can grow out of control ...

A trained dog can detect Clostridium difficile in stool samples and in hospital patients, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Researchers studied a two-year-old beagle trained to ...

Frozen fecal transplantation is effective at providing relief to Clostridium difficile (C. diff) patients, according to a new study co-authored by University of Guelph researchers. The study found ...

C. difficile, a bacterial organism, may repeatedly cause potentially fatal diarrhea upon infecting individuals with microbial dysbiosis. The conventional approach to treating CDI includes antibiotics, ...

Microbiota restoration may be a solution for effectively treating patients with Clostridiodes difficile infection, according to researchers. The primary outcome of this study found a 90% resolution of ...

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 ...

Dear Doctor: I’m not sure you’ll take this question because of the subject matter, but it seems pretty important. Our dad had a fecal transplant as a last-ditch treatment for C. diff, and it worked.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), shown to be effective in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), also shows significant benefit in the treatment of primary CDI, ...

HealthDay News — The vast majority of patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recovered after receiving fecal transplantation via colonoscopy, study findings indicate. Among ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy using bacteria from stool samples to treat a bowel disorder on Wednesday, paving the way for several similar treatments in development. The ...