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History of fecal transplantation; camel feces contains limited amounts of Bacillus subtilis spores and likely has no traditional role in the treatment of dysentery

INTRODUCTION: A widely cited story on the origins of fecal transplantation suggests that German soldiers in North Africa used camel feces containing Bacillus subtilis to treat dysentery in World War 2. We investigated if this story is accurate and if there is sufficient Bacillus subtilis in camel fe...

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Autores principales: Koopman, Nienke, van Leeuwen, Pim, Brul, Stanley, Seppen, Jurgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9365175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35947590
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272607