Patient dies from fecal transplant, FDA warns

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The FDA alerted healthcare providers June 13 that at least one patient has died after receiving a fecal transplant containing drug-resistant bacteria.

One other person was sick from the transplant, according to the agency. Both patients received stool from the same donor and had weak immune systems. Only one has died.  Continue reading article here…

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