A new comparative study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine found that a new therapy for prevention of recurrent ...

UK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using "poo pills" containing freeze-dried faeces. The stool ...

These so-called poop transplants have understandably received ... for treating repeated infections of Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. This bacterium—which can cause severe gastrointestinal ...

Scientists fighting the ever-growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' are increasingly confident that they ...

With no approved vaccines to date, C. diff causes nearly 30,000 deaths each year in the US, and recurrent infections with the bacterium make up 10%-15% of all hospital-treated infections.

Every time we take antibiotics-whether it's for strep throat, urinary tract infections, or pneumonia -there is a slim chance ...

Patients suffering from a recurrent infection with the C difficile bacteria ... to prevent recurrent C. diff. infection. This puts it at the head of a growing field of drugs looking to tap into ...

New research from the University of Chicago cautions against the widespread use of fecal microbiota transplants due to the ...

Fecal microbial transplants, or FMTs, are approved by the Food and Drug Administration only for treating repeated infections with Clostridium difficile, an opportunistic bacterium that often causes ...