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godzillabacter@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

That’s not exactly true. FMT isn’t going to fix your MRSA colonization, and it doesn’t inherently remove resistance genes from the population of bacteria in your gut. If those genes produce a survival disadvantage, they may be selected against and become a minor serotype in your GI tract, but that doesn’t mean that it is eradicated.

Also, you seem to be sharing a lot of links from humanmicrobiome.info, which I would advise against. While I can appreciate the primary author’s dedication to the topic and willingness to cite his sources, his website is not peer reviewed, and he explicitly states he is a proponent of FMT, introducing bias which is not being balanced by a peer review process. Not to mention he admits he is a layperson with no formal medical training/experience. I would direct you to IDSociety.org which is the home of the Infectious Disease Society of America, who publishes the actual guidelines used by infectious disease physicians in North America.

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