Faecal transplant recommended by NICE for gut infection

NICE recommends that patients with recurrent bacterial infections are offered a faecal transplant to restore a healthy population of bacteria to the gut. The treatment involves transplanting gut bacteria from a health donor’s poo into the gut of the recipient. It is recommended that a faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is only offered to people who have been treated for two or more Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections without success. What is Clostridium difficile or C.diff? C.diff is a germ (bacterium) that causes an infection if the balance of bacteria in the bowel changes, which leads to diarrhoea and inflammation of