Synthetic stool a prospective treatment for C. difficile
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
A synthetic mixture of intestinal bacteria could one day replace stool transplants as a treatment for Clostridium difficile (C. difficile). C . difficile is a toxin-producing bacteria that can overpopulate the colon when antibiotics eradicate other, naturally protective bacteria living there.