Fecal transplants have been mentioned as a possible cure for C Difficile colitis.
Val Jones interviews a gastroenterologist on the procedure, who notes that the data is purely observational, and that although it has potential, “we have to temper our enthusiasm” as it’s “simply not ready for prime time.”
topics: cdiff, fecal transplant
Related posts:
- C Diff and fecal transplantation
- UCLA’s yakuza liver transplants
- "Fecal transplant": Curing C Diff by ingesting stool?
- Fecal disimpaction
- Fecal DNA tests
- Should Insurers Cover Organ Transplants?
- Transplant tourism
KevinMD.com on Facebook
{ 2 comments }
I think they just did a fecal transplant on Greys Anatomy. Because of a spat, the husband didn’t want to poop for his wife.
Did you ever read “The Making of a Surgeon”? It was a JFK-era, macho I’ll-cut-anything account of training at Bellevue; much funnier in retrospect than was probably intended at the time. IIRC, the author recounts a classmate who has a patient whose gut flora has been wiped out by abx, and who restores the patient to normalcy by secretly given him feces in chocolate milk.
Comments on this entry are closed.