What is the advantage of receiving a fecal transplant? O a. It is the least invasive way to try and treat C. difficile infection. O b. There are no other medical options for treating a C. difficile infection. O c. It is the only treatment that has worked consistently to treat C. difficile infection. O d. The microbes found in feces of a healthy person are much different than those found in a sick person. O e. O difficile will not be affected by a fecal transplant, but all other pathogenic bacteria will be eliminated.

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What is the advantage of receiving a fecal transplant?
O a. It is the least invasive way to try and treat C. difficile infection.
O b. There are no other medical options for treating a C. difficile infection.
O c. It is the only treatment that has worked consistently to treat C. difficile infection.
O d. The microbes found in feces of a healthy person are much different than those found in a sick person.
O e. & difficile will not be affected by a fecal transplant, but all other pathogenic bacteria will be eliminated.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 3 What is the advantage of receiving a fecal transplant? O a. It is the least invasive way to try and treat C. difficile infection. O b. There are no other medical options for treating a C. difficile infection. O c. It is the only treatment that has worked consistently to treat C. difficile infection. O d. The microbes found in feces of a healthy person are much different than those found in a sick person. O e. & difficile will not be affected by a fecal transplant, but all other pathogenic bacteria will be eliminated.
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Clostridium difficile is the bacteria that cause an infection called clostridium difficile colitis in the gut (large intestine). It is usually due to excess imitation of antibiotics that disrupt the healthy bacteria of the gut.

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