What Is a Fecal Transplant? Patient’s Death Linked to the Procedure, FDA Warns
, a gastroenterologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. They’re encouraged to try to hold it all in for as long as possible to help the healthy bacteria take root.
“It is safe as long as the person who is being transplanted is not immunocompromised in some way—that’s the biggest issue,” Dr. Bedford says. This means the patient would not have the ability to fight off an infection due to a weakened immune system—say, due to diseases like cancer, certain genetic disorders, or diabetes.
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