C. difficile Fecal infusion - new Study

[Ozimum]

Latest study on fecal infusion for C.difficile published in New England Journal of Medicine:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037?query=featured_home

[Ozimum]

Hi Nancy,

 

An article in my local paper alerted me to this study. The article goes on to quote a researcher here in Oz: "We are just starting now to grapple with the bacteria in the gut; it's an impossible soup to analyse...What potential pathogens are in there that might not have been pathogenic to the host but could become pathogenic to the recipient, are really unknown."

 

Talk about the new frontier. I'm betting matching gut type (like blood) will be the next big step.

 

Hope things improve for your daughter.

[Missmom]

Latest study on fecal infusion for C.difficile published in New England Journal of Medicine:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037?query=featured_home

 

We did a stool transplant and my daughter became much worse. I can't understand it as every study I read, like this said it worked great. We asked two doctors and they agreed it was genius. My only guess is that when we had prior stool analysis we found most people have a few kids of strep in their gut and it is fine for them. My guess with DD was that perhaps it increased the amount and she is a PANDAS kiddo.... We did a Great Plains Stool analysis for her which showed the strep. Maybe that should be run for the donor stool to rule that out as well as C-diff and parasites... I still think a stool transplant might help some.

 

Nancy

Just wondering how your daughter is doing now. Did you get the implant removed? Just thinking of you and hoping things are getting better.