Clostridioides difficile (previously known as Clostridium difficile), or C diff for short, is an infection from a bacterium that can grow in your intestines and cause bad GI symptoms. Each year, C diff infects roughly 375,000 people in the U.S. and often calls for hospitalization.
There are a few treatment options for C diff, such as fecal microbiota–based therapies including conventional fecal microbiota transplant and U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved therapies.
Visit the AGA GI Patient Center to learn more about C diff at [ Ссылка ]. Learn more about fecal microbiota transplantation at [ Ссылка ].
Read the "AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Fecal Microbiota–Based Therapies for Select Gastrointestinal Diseases" in Gastroenterology at [ Ссылка ]00041-6/fulltext.
