TY - JOUR T1 - Faecal microbiota transplantation donor stools need screening for poliovirus JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1559 LP - 1560 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314356 VL - 67 IS - 8 AU - Peter Gerald Speck AU - James G Mitchell Y1 - 2018/08/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/67/8/1559.abstract N2 - We read with interest the recent report describing faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as an effective treatment for certain gastrointestinal diseases, such as Clostridium difficile infection,1 with its high burden and increasing frequency.2 In FMT, donor stools are screened for infectious diseases prior to use.3 Screening protocols are still developing. The protocol of Cammarota et al recognises as risky ‘recent (<6 months) history of vaccination with a live attenuated virus, if there is a possible risk of transmission’.1 We contend that this precaution needs extension to include donors who are chronic poliovirus excreters. … ER -