Indelicate subject, but c. diff. is a terribly difficult infection to manage, so good news......
Repopulating a patient’s intestines with healthy microbiota can eliminate C diff –associated diarrhea virtually overnight.
“You see dramatic improvement from day 1 to day 3. It’s a drastic turnaround that changes patients’ lives,” says Cleveland Clinic Florida gastroenterologist Alison Schneider, MD.
Since late 2013, Dr. Schneider and Bret Lashner, MD, her colleague on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, have treated about 150 patients with this unconventional approach with an efficacy rate of about 95 percent. No adverse events have occurred.
The procedure can be a quality-of-life-saver on patients who have contracted the bacterial infection for any reason, including immune suppression for organ transplantation, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis.