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Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiome of a Recovered Clostridium difficile Patient after Fecal Transplantation
1 Jan 2013
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BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infections upon antibiotic disruption of the gut microbiota are potentially lethal. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising treatment option for recurrent C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD). Here, we present a patient with recurrent CDAD that received FMT, leading to full recovery for what has now been 3 years. We performed metagenomic sequencing on stool...
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