The program will specifically help patients with recurrent diarrhea from the antibiotic-resistant pathogen. As many as 90 percent of adult patients treated with fecal transplants have been cured, and experts anticipate similar results in children.
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is one of few centers nationwide to offer the treatment. It can cause dehydration, anemia and pain.
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