FDA warns against fecal transplants after one patient contracted a drug-resistant infection and DIED
Two people got experimental fecal transplant procedures and developed drug-resistant E. coli infections, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday One of the patients died as a result of the infection The donor samples used to treat the patients - for undisclosed conditions - were not tested for superbugs Currently, fecal transplants are not approved by the FDA, but it gives occasional approval for 'investigational' uses of the 'poop transfer' to treat C diff Now, the agency will require all donated stool to be tested for superbugs By Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:36 BST, 14 June 2019 | Updated: 14:36 BST, 14 June 2019
A patient has died after undergoing a fecal transplant and contracting a drug-resistant infection, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday.
Now, the FDA is warning that patients hoping to solve their digestive or other health issues with the experimental, unapproved treatment to think twice.
According to the agency's announcement, two adults with compromised immune systems received the transplants, though why they elected to have the procedures is unclear.
They both developed drug-resistant E. coli infections, and one of the two patients died.
Two patients contracted drug-resistant E. coli infections after receiving untested fecal transplants, and one has died, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday
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