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

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Youngster, Ilan ^a,c,d   Mahabamunuge, Jasmin ^a   Systrom, Hannah K ^a   Sauk, Jenny ^a,d   Khalili, Hamed ^a,d   Levin, Joanne ^b   Kaplan, Jess L ^a,d   Hohmann, Elizabeth L ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Fecal microbiota transplant; Microbiome; Oral administration

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MICROCAPSULE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENCAPSULATION; FATIGUE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; FREEZING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCAPSULE; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAPSULES; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986294197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0680-9     Document Type: Article

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