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Seeking safe stool: Canada needs a universal donor model

Carolyn Edelstein, Jamie R. Daw, Zain Kassam

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Early in 2015, Health Canada opened the door to fecal microbiota transplantation, a promising treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.[1][1] During fecal microbiota transplantation, stool from a healthy, screened donor is homogenized and filtered and is either infused

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Early in 2015, Health Canada opened the door to fecal microbiota transplantation, a promising treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.[1][1] During fecal microbiota transplantation, stool from a healthy, screened donor is homogenized and filtered and is either infused

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Early in 2015, Health Canada opened the door to fecal microbiota transplantation, a promising treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.[1][1] During fecal microbiota transplantation, stool from a healthy, screened donor is homogenized and filtered and is either infused

Key concepts: Fecal bacteriotherapy, Clostridium difficile, Feces, Medicine, Clostridium Infections, Transplantation, Intensive care medicine, Immunology

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