{"id":9576,"date":"2018-02-15T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9576"},"modified":"2018-02-15T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T15:31:21","slug":"fecal-transplants-move-into-the-mainstream-to-treat-difficult-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9576","title":{"rendered":"Fecal transplants move into the mainstream to treat difficult infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Elizabeth Cooney for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">Fecal transplants are increasingly becoming a mainstream treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"danger-zone\">For the first time, an influential medical group is recommending the procedure \u2014 in which donor fecal matter is transferred to a patient \u2014 for individuals who have repeatedly failed standard treatments for severe diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, commonly known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/03\/28\/clostridium-difficile-infection\/\">C. diff<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/02\/15\/fecal-transplants-c-diff-idsa\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--AFfnSPKMV8ImvN8P5yeXuAo11v2Kwob3rWm8jWIr2QkeayApu1yJxDCxWHgQROI-pd0LS9dQ4VPmExcjxPdU_lQqwCQ&amp;_hsmi=60709632\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"danger-zone\">\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) Fecal transplants are increasingly becoming a mainstream treatment. For the first time, an influential medical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9577,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576\/revisions\/9577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}