Classifying Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Failure: An Observational Study Examining Timing and Characteristics of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Failures

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Jessica R AllegrettiZain Kassam

Abstract

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (rCDI), with cure rates higher than 80%.1-3 FMT failure is defined as diarrhea and a positive stool laboratory test for C difficile at any point during the 8-week follow-up period after FMT.4.

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Aug 8, 2018·American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons·Yao-Wen ChengMonika Fischer
Sep 28, 2018·Hepatology : Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases·Sander LefereLindsey Devisscher
Mar 27, 2019·Clinical Endoscopy·Kyeong Ok Kim, Michael Gluck
Jan 15, 2019·Developmental Psychobiology·Bonnie E Brett, Carolina de Weerth
Aug 28, 2020·Nature Reviews. Gastroenterology & Hepatology·Alexander KhorutsMichael J Sadowsky
Sep 26, 2020·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Srishti SahaSahil Khanna
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