Dr. Megan K Shaughnessy M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
701 Park Ave Minneapolis MN, 55415About
Dr. Megan Shaughnessy is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Shaughnessy specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ursodeoxycholic Acid Inhibits Clostridium difficile Spore Germination and Vegetative Growth, and Prevents the Recurrence of Ileal Pouchitis Associated With the Infection.
- Changes in Colonic Bile Acid Composition following Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Are Sufficient to Control Clostridium difficile Germination and Growth.
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