The Death of a Patient and the Future of Fecal Transplants

Last month the Food and Drug Administration sent out an emergency alert: Two people who had undergone fecal transplants developed multi-drug-resistant infections from bacteria in the stool they were given, and one died. The death and illness may be the first serious adverse events associated with the poopy procedure, out of tens of thou­sands of …

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