Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 18:02
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years after a transplant to treat the diarrhea and colitis caused by recurrent Clostridium difficile infections -- a serious and stubborn cause of diarrhea after an antibiotic treatment for some other illness.