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 ...

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, ...

SAN DIEGO -- Administering fecal microbiota via colonoscopy instead of rectally prevented recurrence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) for up to 2 months with no major safety signals, according to a ...

The U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about fecal transplants on Thursday after two patients developed "invasive" infections after going through the procedure. One of the ...

Infections of the bacterium C. difficile can cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon called colitis. It is estimated that around half a million infections of C. diff occur every year in the ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new in vitro study just published in the Journal of Gastroenterology Research by Howard F. Robins and A. Reza Kamarei has shown complete inhibition of ...

Nearly half a million people in the United States suffer from an intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile each year. Approximately half of those individuals become sick enough to require ...

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 ...

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 ...

MARIETTA, GA --A new medical procedure involving pumping fecal matter into one's colon is saving one woman's life. Kaitlin Hunter's struggle began in June 2011when a car accident fractured her lower ...