Microbiota Transfer Therapy alters gut ecosystem and improves gastrointestinal and autism symptoms: An open-label study

Microbiome

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kang, Dae Wook ^a   Adams, James B ^b   Gregory, Ann C ^c,k   Borody, Thomas ^d   Chittick, Lauren ^e,k   Fasano, Alessio ^f   Khoruts, Alexander ^g,h   Geis, Elizabeth ^b   Maldonado, Juan ^a   McDonough Means, Sharon ⁱ   Pollard, Elena L ^b   Roux, Simon ^e,k   Sadowsky, Michael J ^h   Lipson, Karen Schwarzberg ^j   Sullivan, Matthew B ^c,e,k,l   Caporaso, J Gregory ^j   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Centre for Digestive Diseases   (Australia)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ Integrative Developmental Pediatrics   (United States)

^j NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Ohio State University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Clinical trial; Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT); Gut bacteria; Gut bacteriophage; Microbiome; Virome

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MICROFLORA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; DESULFOVIBRIO; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVOTELLA; VIROLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIARRHEA; DNA, VIRAL; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVOTELLA; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85016009015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0225-7     Document Type: Article

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