Conversations That Matter: Fecal transplants in modern medicine

A C. difficile infection is a common reaction to your microbiome going off the rails from taking a course of certain antibiotics.
C. diff., for short, is a species of Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria accumulating in your gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms can be diarrhea, fever, nausea and abdominal pain.
There are a number of treatments. Some work. Some don’t because the bacteria may have already developed a resistance to antibiotics. That can mean a dramatic interven