Fecal microbiota transplants effective treatment for C. difficile, inflammatory bowel disease, research finds
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Growing evidence for the effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplants as a treatment for patients with recurrent bouts of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea is presented in three studies -- including a long-term follow-up of colonoscopic fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent C. difficile Infection that included 77 patients from five different states.