University of Alabama: Fecal Microbe Transplants: B. Vulgatus Genes That Correlate With Early Colonization
October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
By Jeff Hansen
Fecal microbe transplants from healthy donors can treat patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. However, after tens of thousands transplants, little was known about which donor strains provide long-term engraftment, and which engraft early after the transplant. Most failures of fecal microbe transplantation occur in the first four weeks.
< . . .
By Jeff Hansen
Fecal microbe transplants from healthy donors can treat patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. However, after tens of thousands transplants, little was known about which donor strains provide long-term engraftment, and which engraft early after the transplant. Most failures of fecal microbe transplantation occur in the first four weeks.
< . . .