Feces transplantation: Effective treatment with economic benefits
(Aarhus University) From an average of 37 days in hospital to just 20 days per year. So pronounced is the decrease in hospitalizations for patients who are treated with feces transplantation instead of antibiotics to fight the deadly intestinal disease Clostridium difficile. This is shown by the first study using what is known as 'real world data.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 23, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Here ’s Everything You Need to Know About Gut Health
It’s hardly news that the gastrointestinal tract is important to human health: It transports food from the mouth to the stomach, converts it into absorbable nutrients and stored energy, and shuttles waste back out of the body. If you don’t properly nourish yourself, you don’t live. It’s that simple.
But in recent years, scientists have discovered that the GI system has an even bigger, more complex job than previously appreciated. It’s been linked to numerous aspects of health that have seemingly nothing to do with digestion, from immunity to emotional stress to chronic illnesses, including can...
Source: TIME: Health - March 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amanda MacMillan Tags: Uncategorized Research Source Type: news
‘I thought I was going to die’: why patients are no longer pooh-poohing faecal transplants
Bonnie Wortmeyer is one of thousands finding freedom from Clostridium difficile bacteria through faecal microbiota transplantationBonnie Wortmeyer has spent the past few years plagued by ill health. Among the major issues she has had to deal with are a double lung transplant and what she calls her “poo transplant”, which she says changed her life.While recovering from her double lung transplant, Wortmeyer was exposed to numerous courses of antibiotics, which made her susceptible to contracting the Clostridium difficile bacteria. C diff, as it ’s known, is a nasty, life-threatening bacteria which makes life almost unb...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 24, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Melanie Tait Tags: Health Australia news South Australia Medical research Source Type: news
Antibiotics, PPIs Tied to Higher C. Diff Risk in Hospitalized Children
THURSDAY, March 21, 2019 -- Previous antibiotic exposure and use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may be risk factors for Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) in hospitalized pediatric patients, according to a review... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 21, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
An At-home Intestinal Screening Test for C. Difficile An At-home Intestinal Screening Test for C. Difficile
An at-home, self-administered sequencing-based clinical intestinal screening test may be useful for identifying the presence of C. difficile in high risk patients.Journal of Medical Case Reports (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
NHS Improvement puts onus on CCGs to reduce infection rates
CCGs are to take greater responsibility for reducing clostridium difficile infection (CDI) under measures announced by NHS Improvement. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 10, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Risk of Subsequent Sepsis Within 90 Days After a Hospital Stay by Type of Antibiotic Exposure
We examined the risk of sepsis within 90 days after discharge from a previous hospital stay by type of antibiotic received during the previous stay. Our study identified an increased risk of sepsis within 90 days of discharge among patients with exposure to high-risk antibiotics or increased quantities of antibiotics during hospitalization. Given that a significant proportion of inpatient antimicrobial use may be unnecessary, this study builds on previous evidence suggesting that increased stewardship efforts in hospitals may not only prevent antimicrobial resistance, Clostridium difficile infection, and other adve...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novel nanoparticle technology to identify healthcare-associated infections receives $1.5 million
(University of Toronto - Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy) Healthcare-associated infections are the fourth leading cause of death in Canada, predicted to move up to second place by 2050. Scientists at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto received $1.5 million in funding from Genome Canada to develop a new nanoparticle sensor technology that will allow hospitals and long-term care facilities to rapidly detect and visually identify highly infectious pathogens including C. difficile, methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA), Norovirus and influenza. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Ensuring that Plastic Devices Can Withstand Rigorous Disinfecting Procedures
To try to stem the increasing incidences of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), hospitals are stepping up their disinfecting protocols on medical devices. But these more-stringent practices that may use either stronger chemicals, or the more frequent use of them, or maybe both, could have harmful effects on some plastic devices, causing them to break, crack, or degrade prematurely. Manufacturers need to understand, from the design stage forward, how their products will be cleaned and then plan to use plastic materials that will stand up to these various disinfecting formulations and procedures.
MD+DI spoke with severa...
Source: MDDI - February 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Susan Shepard Tags: Materials Source Type: news
Hospital-acquired Conditions Continue Downward Trend Hospital-acquired Conditions Continue Downward Trend
Adverse drug events, C difficile infections, and other hospital-acquired conditions in the United States declined 13% between 2014 and 2017 but challenges still remain.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hospital Medicine News Source Type: news
Florida man says a fecal transplant cured him of a life-threatening infection
Douglas Lee, from Hillsborough, Florida, developed a C difficile infection - caused by antibiotics killing both good and bad bacteria - after he got his wisdom teeth removed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ask Well: What Is a Fecal Transplant, and Why Would I Want One?
Fecal transplant is used to treat gut infections and is now being studied as a treatment for obesity, urinary tract infections, irritable bowel syndrome and more. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RICHARD KLASCO, M.D. Tags: Feces Transplants Digestive Tract Clostridium Difficile (Bacterium) Bowels Colon Bacteria Source Type: news
Fecal-Microbiota Transplant Beats Antibiotics for Recurrent C Diff Fecal-Microbiota Transplant Beats Antibiotics for Recurrent C Diff
Fecal-microbiota transplantation (FMT) is superior to 10 days of fidaxomicin or vancomycin for resolving recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), according to results from a randomized open-label clinical trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Fighting deadly drug resistant bacteria in intestines with new antibiotic
(Flinders University) Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially deadly infection in the large intestine most common in people who need to take antibiotics for a long period of time, particularly in Australia's ageing population. But when doses of a new antibiotic called Ramizol were given to hamsters infected with a lethal dose of the bacteria, a significant proportion of hamsters survived the infection. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Clostridium difficile Infection | Medscape Clostridium difficile Infection | Medscape
C. difficile infection (CDI) can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammations of the colon. CDI causes one of the most widespread and serious health care associated infections acquired in a hospital or long-term care facility. (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Resource Center Source Type: news
