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Faecal transplants beat antibiotics in recurrent C. diff

The procedure is more effective than fidaxomicin and vancomycin
Reuters Health
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16 January 2019
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Faecal-microbiota transplantation is superior to 10 days of fidaxomicin or vancomycin for resolving recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, according to results from a randomised trial.

Numerous studies have shown faecal-microbiota transplantation to be more effective that vancomycin in treating recurrent C. difficile.

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