Thomas Lodise, PharmD, PhD

Experts share advice for physicians taking care of patients with C. difficile infection (CDI).

Drs Abraham and Feuerstadt share recent data with emerging live biotherapeutic products, SER-109, CP101, and VE303, for treatment of recurrent C difficile infection (rCDI).

Drs Chopra and Feuerstadt summarize challenges with current treatments and discuss live biotherapeutic products that are being studied for recurrent C difficile infection (rCDI).

Dr Lodise summarizes foundational trials that led to the use of fecal microbiota transplant for the treatment of rCDI.

Dr Teena Chopra shares her approach to monitoring patients with C difficile infection (CDI).

Drs Tom Lodise and Bincy Abraham provide an overview of fecal microbiota transplantation and long-term safety of FMT use.

Experts review treatment options for first, second and recurring episodes of Clostridioides difficile infection.

A gastroenterologist reviews the long-term impact of dysbiosis and Clostridioides difficile infection.

Dr. Tom Lodise provides an overview of gut microbiota and the consequences of dysbiosis.

Dr. Abraham discusses importance of differential diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI) in patients with IBD and how both IBD and CDI should be managed.

A gastroenterologist, Dr. Bincy Abraham, provides an overview of C. difficile infection (CDI) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Drs. Lodise and Feuerstadt discuss educational opportunities to combat and reduce C. difficile infection (CDI).

Dr. Chopra shares multipronged approach to reducing C. difficile infection (CDI) and the role of antimicrobial stewardship.

Drs. Abraham, Chopra and Feuerstadt discuss importance of timely referral and diagnostic methods to discern C. difficile infection (CDI).

Drs Lodise and Feuerstadt discuss risk factors for C. difficile infection (CDI).

A gastroenterologist, Dr. Paul Feuerstadt, provides an overview of C. difficile infection (CDI) and vegetative and spore phases of CDI.

The first step to reducing recurrent C. difficile infections is prevention.

Pharmacists play an important role in educating patients and other health care practitioners on the signs and symptoms of C. difficile infection.

Among commercially insured patients treated with linezolid or vancomycin following cSSSI-related hospitalization, linezolid was associated with significantly lower rehospitalization rates and total direct medical costs.