According to the Lodi Memorial survey, the hospital performed worse than average when preventing a C. diff infection or a general infection in the blood. C. diff is a bacterium that can cause ...

People with ulcerative colitis are susceptible to an infection from a bacterium called Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff. Here’s what to do if you think you have it.

Here are the C. diff infection rates of PPS-exempt cancer hospitals between July 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024, according to CMS data: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston): 0.237 ...

A fecal transplant performs as well as antibiotics in treating people with a bacterial infection that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, a new study says.

Fecal microbiota transplant was noninferior to vancomycin as the initial treatment for C. diff in a randomized, open-label trial. Transplant showed slightly higher cure rates without recurrence ...

Health Poop Transplants Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be This treatment could benefit many different kinds of patients, but doctors will first need to address its unintended consequences.

Traditional vs. novel therapy Fecal microbiota transplant has been used as the traditional treatment for C. diff. infection for a little over a decade. The procedure, which is done via colonoscopy ...

All had suffered at least four C-diff infections and relapses, but none had a recurrence after taking the poop pills. Margaret Corbin, 69, a retired nurse’s aide from Calgary, told of the misery ...

Data presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2025 demonstrated safety and treatment success in patients treated for recurrent C. Diff infection with REBYOTA administered by colonoscopy Data also ...

SAN DIEGO — Administration of Rebyota by colonoscopy appears safe and effective among adults with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, according to results from the CDI-SCOPE trial ...

The bacterium Clostridium difficile — otherwise known as C. diff — spreads within intensive care units more than three times as much as previously thought, according to a study published on ...