OCTOBER 17, 2023

A New Era for Managing Clostridioides difficile Infection

Professor of Medical Microbiology
Sir Edward Brotherton Chair of Bacteriology
University of Leeds
National Clinical Director of Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Prevention and Control
NHS England
Head of Microbiology Research & Development
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds, England

It has long been known that disruption of the gut microbiome, usually by antibiotics, provides an environment that is conducive to the proliferation of Clostridioides difficile