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Then why are physicians performing fecal transplants?


Fecal transplants are typically done with stool either very similar to your own in terms of the microbial makeup (preferably a family member that lives with you) or with synthetic, cultured stool that has been made free of pathogens.

It's still not a fun procedure, and the side effects are unpleasant. They're just less unpleasant than recurrent C. difficile.




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