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Clostridium difficile is a common cause for nosocomial infectious diarrhea. The cases of infection with C. difficile were increased by 230% in most European and Asian countries from 2003 to 2009. The pseudomembranous colitis has become a common clinical issue due to the increased rate of incidence, difficulty of treatment and likelihood of recurrence. Although oral intake of Metronidazole or Vancomycin has served as the first traditional method of treatment for C. difficile, thehigh recurrence rate has been a drawback in clinical environments, and the regular treatments usually have not got well results. Nevertheless, the fecal microbiota transplantation has been proved to increase the cure rate for the infection of Clostridium difficile. It not only ismore effective than traditional treatments, but also has a high recovery rate and is a more natural method of treatment.