One dead, four hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants
Two people died and four were hospitalized after they received stool transplants from OpenBiome, the FDA and the commercial stool bank announced Thursday.
Update: This story and its headline were changed to reflect an update from the FDA, posted Friday, March 13 that included additional information about the two patients who died.
One person died and four were hospitalized after they received stool transplants from OpenBiome, the Food and Drug Administration and the commercial stool bank announced Thursday.
The FDA’s original safety alert said eight patients may have been affected by stool transplants from three donors whose stool contained illness-causing bacteria. For six patients who
