Self-Prescribed Fecal Transplant Saves Canadian Man's Life
In 2010 I predicted that Clostridium difficile would become a household name. C. diff. is a bacterium that infects the colon causing severe, sometimes life-threatening, diarrhea. C. diff infection is frequently a complication of
The assay detects the toxin B gene, which has been shown to be present in all toxigenic C. difficile and which is essential for disease. The assay runs on the fully automated BD Max system, and is the third assay for the system to receive CE marking,
The assay detects the toxin B gene, which has been shown to be present in all toxigenic C. difficile and which is essential for disease. The assay runs on the fully automated BD Max system, and is the third assay for the system to receive CE marking,
A man in Canada who suffered from a bacterial infection known as Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile, since undergoing routine surgery 18 months ago, took drastic measures to save his life with a self-injected fecal transplant.
Clostridium difficile is a common and ruthless bacterium that causes gastrointestinal distress, from diarrhea in the mildest of cases to painful and potentially deadly colon infections in the worst. There were 336000 cases diagnosed in 2009,
