TransPOOsion – Treating Clostridium difficile the UK Way

Scientists fight bugs with poo | Reuters.

Thomas Borody, of the Center for Digestive Diseases in New South Wales instills transplanted Feces via a nasojejunal tube into the upper GI tract.

He’s had a 90 percent success rate in treating recurrent Clostridium difficile infections by this means.

Despite the success  (better than most drugs) the yuck factor is slowing down the adoption of this method.   A randomised prospective study is underway in the Netherlands, the results of which may bolster acceptance of Transpoosions.