Inoculate the stool to kill resistant bacteria in the intestine

Research on mice by US scientists indicates that transplanting faeces from healthy animals to infected bodies can help eradicate the two most common antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Inoculation to kill resistant bacteria in the intestine

Research on Enterococcus faecium (VRE) against vancomycin and bacteria Klebsiella pneumonia (K. pneumonia) is resistant to many drugs. The results are published in PLOS Pathogens on September 4.

Inoculation can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria.(Photo: LoLWot).

The team is led by Eric Pamer, head of the Infectious Diseases department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA. Scientists discover bacteria that can be in the same intestinal tract, but a diverse fecal organ transplant will remove both VRE and K. pneumonia from the intestine.

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Mark Morrison, Dean of the Department of Microbiology and Community Genome at the University of Queensland, Australia, said the study revealed new insights into how these bacteria invade the digestive system.

The method of stool culture was tested in rats and showed positive results.(Photo: Rick Eh / Flick).

"Using other intestinal bacteria as a medicine through stool culture can effectively eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria , " The Conversation quoted Professor Morrison on September 4.

Previous studies have found that the lining helps protect the intestinal tract from bacteria that can thin out when the intestinal microflora is unbalanced.

According to Morrison, scientists will need more research before applying results in patients with intestinal infections.