SAN DIEGO -- Administering fecal microbiota via colonoscopy instead of rectally prevented recurrence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) for up to 2 months with no major safety signals, according to a ...

Canadian researchers conducted a clinical trial at three academic centers in Alberta, Canada. The trial included 116 adult patients with recurrent C. diff, enrolled between October 2014 and September ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — Half a million people this year will get an infection called C. diff. It ranges from uncomfortable to life-threatening. And in more and more cases, doctors are turning to an ...

Human waste has long been thought of as just that: everything the body doesn’t want or need. But new research is showing that feces may contain valuable organisms that can actually treat disease. In a ...

C. difficile bacterium Oral capsule FMT and colonoscopy delivery showed similar patient outcomes, low rate differences, and high success rates. Oral capsule fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) had more complications requiring hospitalization or emergency department (ED) care after colonoscopy than patients without IBD, according to ...