Fecal transplant is not benign

[Milo]

A warning:

 

[Cheshire]

Two dead, four hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants

Two people died and four were hospitalized after they received stool transplants from OpenBiome, the Food and Drug Administration and the commercial stool bank announced Thursday.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/12/two-dead-four-hospitalized-stool-transplant/

(behind paywall)

 

[Draggin']

Yikes !!!

 

[Kitty]

Two dead, four hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants

It'll surprise no-one that significant adverse outcomes can occur, but the severity is really worrying. I wonder whether these reports will affect the FMT research in Norwich.

 

[wigglethemouse]

FDA has just released a warning about fecal transplants and COVID-19. I wonder how this will affect Karl Morten's partnership with the private clinic and also Invest In ME / Norwich research team.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/medical-...plantation&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

ISSUE: FDA is informing health care providers and patients of the potential risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus by the use of fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT) and that FDA has determined that additional safety protections are needed.