Screening faecal microbiota transplant donors for SARS-CoV-2 by molecular testing of stool is the safest way forward

Affiliations

• ¹ University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
• ² University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: m.n.quraishi@bham.ac.uk.
• ³ University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
• ⁴ University of Birmingham Microbiome Treatment Centre, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁵ Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
• ⁶ Gastroenterology Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
• ⁷ Department of Gastroenterology, St Marks Hospital, London, UK.
• ⁸ Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.