By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 9, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Prompt treatment with a fecal transplant can ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses how testing for Clostridioides difficile is recommended for hospitalized patients or outpatients with new-onset, unexplained diarrhea who have risk factors ...

A 4-week vancomycin pulse and taper regimen may be a safe and effective strategy to delay or prevent Clostridioides difficile ...

Fidaxomicin should be the antibiotic of choice when treating adults with Clostridioides difficile infection, according to new guidance from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a fecal microbiota pill to treat recurrent infections caused by Clostridium difficile (C. diff), an antibiotic-resistant bacterium deemed an urgent threat ...

Testing for C. difficile is indicated in patients with diarrhea, especially after antibiotic use or healthcare exposure. Early testing facilitates prompt diagnosis and management, influencing ...

Current guidelines recommend using either metronidazole or vancomycin to treat C. diff infections. “For many years the two antibiotics were considered to be equivalent in their ability to cure C. diff ...

Fecal transplantation through colonoscopy may be an effective treatment for recurrent C. difficile infections, according to research published in Gastroenterology. For this study, researchers reviewed ...

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, and Louis Korman, MD, spoke with Becker’s about how a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine could change how the gastroenterology industry treats Clostridioides ...

Fecal microbiota transplantation has become one of the most effective treatments for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections, but its long-term role in gastroenterology may hinge on moving ...

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 ...