A study in Denmark finds FMT was most effective against C difficile infection when administered as multidose capsules or via colonoscopy and after extended antibiotic pretreatment.
It is not yet known which strain of H5N1 was involved in the latest Cambodian case.
With 1,214 confirmed cases, the US is inching closer to the highest number of cases reported in a single year since the disease was eliminated from the country in 2000.
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