Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) is one of the most common invaders and can cause post-antibiotic diarrhea and even life-threatening damage to the colon. With about 500,000 Americans contracting ...
An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...
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Poop transplant to treat severe bacterial infection, bowel diseases; 400 procedures conducted so far
Most of us have heard of heart, liver and kidney transplants. But not many know about poop transplant or Faecal microbiota ...
When diagnosing ulcerative colitis (UC), a healthcare provider will talk to you about your health history, perform a physical exam, and order several kinds of medical tests. The only way to diagnose ...
SCREENING ARE KEY. TWO DECADES AGO, JENNIFER MEDINA, NOW 46 YEARS OLD, NOTICED SOMETHING WITH HER BODY WAS OFF. I WAS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN 2006, SO 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS ...
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