Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Is Superior to Fidaxomicin for Treatment of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

RCT (n=64) reports superior clinical& microbiological resolution of infection in 17 FMT patients (71%) vs 8 fidaxomicin patients (33%) and 3 vancomycin patients (19%); P = 0.009 for FMTv vs fidaxomicin; P = 0.001 for FMTv vs vancomycin and P = 0.31 for fidaxomicin vs vancomycin.
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