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Oral, frozen fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) capsules for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

BACKGROUND: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been shown to be safe and effective in treating refractory or relapsing C. difficile infection (CDI), but its use has been limited by practical barriers. We recently reported a small preliminary feasibility study using orally administered frozen...

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Autores principales: Youngster, Ilan, Mahabamunuge, Jasmin, Systrom, Hannah K., Sauk, Jenny, Khalili, Hamed, Levin, Joanne, Kaplan, Jess L., Hohmann, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27609178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0680-9