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   Could poop transplants help treat COVID-19?   
      
   Poop transplants may have helped two patients with risk factors avoid   
   severe COVID-19, a new case report suggests.   
   ...   
   ...   
   The two patients were recently hospitalized in Poland with a bacterial   
   infection and were given fecal transplants as a treatment. Both   
   patients later tested positive for COVID-19, but neither developed   
   severe disease despite having underlying conditions. "One possible   
   explanation" is that the poop transplant, which is given to boost the   
   immune response, may have prevented the patients from becoming very   
   sick, the authors wrote in the study.   
      
      
   The procedure, called fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), involves   
   transplanting the poop of a healthy person into the gut of a patient   
   who has an intestinal condition, such as an infection with the   
   bacterium Clostridium difficile (also called Clostridioides difficile   
   or abbreviated as C. diff), Live Science previously reported. This   
   "healthy" poop is thought to have a mix of healthy bacteria that can   
   help the body fight off the harmful pathogens that are causing issues   
   such as diarrhea or irritable bowel syndrome.   
      
   https://www.livescience.com/poop-transplant-covid-19-patients-case-study.html   
      
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