Antibiotics can disrupt gut microbiota, leading to potential recurrences of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). New therapies like fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) and monoclonal ...

When patients with Clostridium difficile colitis do not respond to usual treatment ... has excellent in vitro activity against C. difficile. Now, they report success using tigecycline to treat ...

Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (ASUC) is a well-known and potentially fatal disease state, characterized by symptoms of systemic toxicity including fever, severe anemia, elevated inflammatory markers ...

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 ...

If you've been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, your treatment plan will take into consideration your specific symptoms and how long you have had the disease. A variety of over-the-counter and ...

Clostridioides difficile (“C. diff”) can be very serious, even life-threatening, and requires powerful treatment. Microscopic colitis diseases are unusual and possibly autoimmune. They are ...

Clostridioides difficile (”C. diff”) can be very serious, even life-threatening, and requires powerful treatment. Microscopic colitis diseases are unusual and possibly autoimmune. They are ...

Researchers studied 187 isolates of C. difficile collected from patients ... A 31-year-old woman pregnant with twins developed severe colitis that evolved into toxic megacolon; both the patient ...

The Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) for C. diff Education & Advocacy has announced its schedule of events for National C. diff Awareness Month, which takes place every November. This year's ...

Clostridioides difficile (“C. diff”) can be very serious, even life-threatening, and requires powerful treatment. Microscopic colitis diseases are unusual and possibly autoimmune. They are ...

The two primary forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis—are often lumped together. Both include symptoms of abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, and an ...