If the infection returns—which occurs in about one in four cases—doctors may recommend a second course of antibiotics or a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT). FMT is a procedure that uses a colonoscope ...

Drug-resistant infections are a major public health threat around the world. To fight them, scientists are constantly trying ...

There are trillions of bacteria that live in your colon. Most of them are harmless and many are actually helpful, supporting digestion and keeping your immune system strong. C. diff is one type of ...

There are about half a million C. diff infections every year in the United States. About 30,000 people die from them annually. But if you’ve had C. diff, you’re more likely to get it again. About 1 in ...

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A new way of designing antibiotics could support the discovery of new treatments for drug-resistant infections.

In addition to fighting off infections, several common antibiotics activate receptors in the gut. For example, azithromycin, ...