The pieces may finally be falling into place for advocates of the so-called "poop transplant." The unconventional therapy may seem weird, but it is also effective, according to the newest study to date on the cure, presented yesterday at an infectious diseases research meeting in San Diego.
Researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that 46 of the 49 patients treated with healthy fecal matter got better within a week of the treatment.
The treatment used to be a last ditch option. Some even jokingly referred to it as "transpoosion," according to Reuters.
But whatever you call it, the results of this latest study indicate that the treatment no laughing matter for patients suffering from the increasingly widespread Clostridium difficile bug, which causes severe, watery diarrhea.
