Challenges and Opportunities for Treating Clostridium difficile in 2022

Abstract

IN A symposium session presented at United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week 2022, experts delved into the challenges presented by Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and the opportunity that faecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can provide. Benjamin Mullish, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division of Digestive Diseases, Imperial College London, UK, and Georgiana-Emmanuela Gîlcă-Blanariu, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania, shared novel research and real-world experience. The symposium examined all aspects of CDI from the importance of understanding pathways of pathophysiology to the logistical challenges that pioneering an FMT clinic can prese