Fecal transplants can save lives when antibiotics won't

A new study has found that donated fecal transplants were far more effective than the strongest antibiotics.

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Doctors have searched for years for a way to save the lives of patients infected with C. difficile, a treacherous bacteria that often stalks the halls of hospitals and nursing homes, attacking the weak and the elderly.

The infection can cause severe diarrhea and life-threatening bowel inflammation, particularly in patients treated extensively with antibiotics, which can kill off many of the gut's "good" bacteria, allowing dangerous ones like C. difficile to proliferate. The intestines are filled, in fact, with beneficial microbes that help people digest their food and regulate the immune system.

More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/16/patients-fecal-transplants/1837575/

Fecal transplants can save lives when antibiotics won't

Fecal transplants can save lives when antibiotics won't

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