SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Studies ID Predictors of FMT Failure, Infection Recurrence in Patients With CDI

By David Wild

Originally published by our sister publication, Gastroenterology Endoscopy News

Researchers have identified a number of risk factors for treatment failure after fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), some of them modifiable. 

“Although [FMT] is a powerful therapy for individuals who develop recurrent CDI (rCDI), 10% to 15% of patients still fail to recover following FMT,” Alexa Weingarden, MD, PhD, a gastroenterology