Fecal transplant: UAB researchers show donor microbes persist up to two years

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years after a transplant to treat the diarrhea and colitis caused by recurrent Clostridium difficile infections - a serious and stubborn cause of diarrhea after an antibiotic treatment for some other illness. While ["]

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