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How does bacteria from a fecal transplant help the patient with an C. difficile infection?

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difficile infection. By reintroducing a healthy diversity of bacteria, fecal transplantation can re-establish colonization resistance to prevent C. difficile from gaining a foothold and becoming a dominant organism in the environment of the gut.

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