Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection

A hospital that replaced sink drains and traps in an ICU, hoping to curtail an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria, instead saw patients infected in a new outbreak of Serratia marcescens, according to a study.

The investigational oral microbiome drug CP101 helped prevent recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection across a broad population of patients, according to research presented at UEG Week Virtual.

Pet ownership and close interactions with these pets may protect against the recurrence of community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Children who underwent fecal microbiota transplant, or FMT, experienced a significant reduction in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, or CDI, and a decrease in the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes in their gut microbiota, according to findings published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.