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New Treatment for C. Diff More Effective, Less Costly Than Antibiotics

  • July 11, 2020

An innovative treatment for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI or C. Diff) — an infection of the bowel — uses transplanted gut bacteria to treat the infection, and has been found to be more effective and less expensive than using antibiotics. Fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) uses bacteria from a screened healthy donor for transplants, which is done via a tube passed through the nose into the stomach. The procedure also significantly reduces...