Effectiveness of fecal-derived microbiota transfer using orally administered capsules for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hirsch, Bruce E ^a   Saraiya, Nimit ^a   Poeth, Kaitlin ^a   Schwartz, Rebecca M ^a   Epstein, Marcia E ^a   Honig, Gerard ^b  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b Symbiotic Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Fecal microbiota transfer; Fecal microbiota transplantation; Fecal transplantation; Microbiome; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; MICROCAPSULE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FECAL DERIVED MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RECURRENT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937214310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0930-z     Document Type: Article

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