Fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C difficile infection: Ready for prime time?

Markus D. Agito; Ashish Atreja; Maged K. Rizk

doi:10.3949/ccjm.80a.12110

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Fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent C difficile infection: Ready for prime time?

Markus D. Agito, MD, Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH, FACP and Maged K. Rizk, MD

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2013, 80 (2) 101-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12110

Markus D. Agito

Department of Medicine, Akron General Medical Center, Akron, OH

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Ashish Atreja

Director, Informatics for Research, Outcomes and Quality, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

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Maged K. Rizk

Quality Improvement Officer, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

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Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection has been a major challenge for patients and clinicians. Recurrence of infection after treatment with standard antibiotics is becoming more common with the emergence of more-resistant strains of C difficile. Fecal microbiota transplantation is an alternative treatment for recurrent C difficile infection, but it is not yet widely used.

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