Originally Posted by
Texas42
I suspect that in 15 years fecal transplant will be in pill form, but if we wanted a fecal transplant here we'd probably have to refer it out.
That or buy some blenders and recruit volunteers. Also I'm not sure there are studies regarding fecal transplant in the setting of severe sepsis, septic shock or generally immunocompromised states.
Normally either vancomycin or metronidazole are given in the hospital. Fidoxomycin is also used, but I've never used it. It's brand name Dificid, is kind of funny. Also very expensive. The different c diff tests aren't perfect either.
Here is the first study of oral, frozen, crap for the treatment of C. diff. Side effects include severe, refractory halitosis...
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article....icleid=1916296
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