AGA Offers New Guidance on FMT Therapies To Prevent C. diff

Treatment with FMT is effective for preventing recurrent C. diff infection in adults with robust immune systems, ...

APRIL 20, 2024

FDA Approves First Orally Administered Fecal Microbiota Product to Prevent C. diff Recurrence

The FDA approved the first fecal microbiota product that is taken orally to prevent recurrent CDI in people who are ...

APRIL 28, 2023

Expert Picks From ACG 2022, Part 1

In part 1 of a two-part series, Brooks Cash, MD, discusses what he considers some of the research highlights from ...

JANUARY 10, 2023

Rehospitalization for CDI Common; Appropriate Patient Follow-up Often Lacking

Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection is common, yet few clinicians follow up with these patients.

OCTOBER 14, 2021

C. difficile Screening May Provide Cost-Saving Benefit for Hospitals

More standardized screening of patients for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), instead of testing for ...

DECEMBER 21, 2020

AGA Registry Analysis Confirms Utility of FMT for Recurrent C. difficile

Initial findings from the American Gastroenterological Association Fecal Microbiota Transplantation National ...

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Updated Evidence for Optimal Management of CDI

Evidence continues to accumulate on the increased relative efficacy of some therapies for Clostridioides difficile ...

APRIL 27, 2020

More Americans Dying From Resistant Infections Than Previously Thought

The CDC issued a report today indicating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million ...

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Controversy Continues on Open-Label FMT for Resistant C. diff

The FDA held another meeting to discuss the safety of making FMT available to patients before an approved product ...

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Pharmacologic Therapy To Manage CDI

A number of pharmacologic therapies are available or in clinical development to treat Clostridioides difficile ...

OCTOBER 15, 2019

New C. diff Guidelines For Treatment and Testing

New diagnostic methods and treatments, including fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), will help improve the care ...

OCTOBER 17, 2018