The stool of others is often a great hope for people with severe intestinal infections to get rid of nasty bacteria: The pathogen Clostridium difficile causes inflammation, diarrhea, fever or abdominal cramps. In severe but very rare cases, the intestinal wall can dissolve. A stool transplant - medically correct a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) - could bring normalcy back into life. That this works has already been shown, at least for patients with recurring infections with the aforementioned Clostridium difficile. But now there has been a setback.
Intestinal inflammation: when stool transplant is the last resort
2021-01-25T08:44:34.418Z
If the intestinal inflammation doesn't want to stop, if bacteria keep nestling, then a stool transplant can help. Many clinics practice the procedure. In the USA, however, one patient died in 2019. How high is the risk?
Source: welt