A new Phase 2 pilot study shows that giving spores of a non-toxic C. difficile bacteria by mouth is effective in stopping repeated bouts of C. diff infection, a major complication of hospitalization.

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 12 — Fulminant colitis with Clostridium difficile is becoming more common and more fatal, according to a review of hospitalized patients reported in the March issue of ...

Four patients with severe disease were cured after receiving the new broad-spectrum antibiotic tigecycline. When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment with ...

An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...

Q: 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 (Clostridioides difficile), ...

Working in the hospital again always provides valuable perspective. I love (most of) the patient care, and seeing differences in patterns over time, as I only see patients episodically. One of the ...

Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.

Fifteen isolates of Clostridium difficile from hamsters and human patients were inhibited or killed by low concentrations of metronidazole, vancomycin, penicillin, and ampicillin; the isolates were ...

Background: Clostridium difficile infections are becoming more common, more severe, and more likely to recur. Conventional treatment with antibiotics often fails to eradicate the infection; even when ...

Dr. Herbert DuPont’s team takes stool from healthy donors, adds salt water, blends the mixture and filters it twice. Smiley N. Pool - Staff Photographer Dr. Herbert DuPont’s team takes stool from ...

The research team comprised of Shin Kurihara, Associate Professor of Department of Science and Technology on Food Safety, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University ...