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  • Thinking about a fecal transplant? Think again with your gut brain

Thinking about a fecal transplant? Think again with your gut brain

Mar
25
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Thinking about a fecal transpla...
A March 12 2020 safety alert was issued by the FDA warning that infections were linked to fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Six patients were infected with diarrhea-causing e-coli (Escherichia coli) following the procedure, according to the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease and Policy. The infections came from three OpenBiome donors, the nation's largest stool donor bank.

Boston-based OpenBiome has shipped more than 55,000 treatments since 2013 with no incidents until these six cases covered in this safety alert. The OpenBiome press release immediately announced enhanced donor screening protocols. As a result, OpenBiome is adding PCR testing for STEC (a form of e-coli) to improve detection of asymptomatic carriage of STEC.

So the message here might be, "proceed with caution" if you are planning to do a fecal transplant and check the date to make sure the STEC testing was conducted.

https://www.openbiome.org/press-releases/2020/3/12/openbiome-announces-enhanced-donor-screening-protocols-following-fda-alert

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/fda-warns-about-infections-linked-fecal-microbiota-transplants

For previous article on fecal transplant research, go to https://en.bloguru.com/healthtech/361448/how-do-butyrate-producing-foods-support
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