A Faculty Review of Recent Abstracts and Literature in C. difficile A video brief from Dr. Paul Feuerstadt

Target Audience
This activity is intended for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, and other clinicians who care for patients at risk of C. difficile infection.

Program Overview
Don’t have time to sift through all the literature and data recently published on C. difficile? Dr. Paul Feuerstadt provides a concise and practical review of the literature including the changing epidemiology, and the safety and efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Explain the role of the gut microbiome in relationship to C. difficile infection and approaches to restoration for prevention of recurrent infection
Discuss the changing epidemiology of community and healthcare-associated C. difficile infection
Describe available and emerging approaches for patients with recurrent C. difficile who have failed appropriate antibiotic therapy