SL233

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  1. Characteristic c-diff odor??

    Here's the one I've heard of. There are some in Canada. Surely there are more in the USA too. Other than the place you mention, I haven't heard of any, though. http://www.duluthclinic.org/specialtycenters/digestivehealth/stooltransplant.htm
  2. Characteristic c-diff odor??

    I have a researcher/clinician friend at a major university who got the approval of the Gastroenterology Dept. to do a fecal infusion (patient had multiple recurrences) and the infusion was a success (it's been about 5 years or so now.) When the Med C...
  3. Characteristic c-diff odor??

    raggyann, Probiotic of choice is Saccharomyces boulardii--you can find pretty good scientific research on this particular "good yeast" that crowds out C. Diff or has the potential to, as long as it survives the stomach acids which is the trick, ...
  4. Characteristic c-diff odor??

    If the odor is that bad (it is)---it is the least of the problems with C. Diff for professionals. And for patients. Seriously, why don't we have the ACCURATE PCR Assay test for C. Diff in every lab? Certainly it should be in every major medical cent...
  5. Characteristic c-diff odor??

    The stool test used for C. Diff in many labs (including hospital labs) is so unreliable, had so many false negatives that it is absurd. There is a PCR assay that is 95 to 98% accurate and is fast (20 minutes to run), yet many labs don't offer this as...