Faecal Microbiota transplants and less antibiotics the way to fight C. Diff rise, say gut experts

Less antibiotics and the use of faecal transplants should be used more by the National Health Service (NHS) to fight the first rise in Clostridium Difficile infection (C. Diff) after several years of decline claims a pioneering gut clinic.Figures of the potentially deadly gut infection rose by six per cent in 2014/15 from 13,361 in 2013/14 to 14,165, having previously decreased year on year since 2007/08. “It is alarming that C Diff is on the rise again after the NHS managing to reduce cases by some 75 per cent in recent years,” said Glenn Taylor, microbiologist and founder of the