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Fecal Microbial Transplants Reduce Antibiotic-resistant Genes in Patients With Recurrent <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection
29 Mar 2016
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BACKGROUND: Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI) is associated with repeated antibiotic treatment and the enhanced growth of antibiotic-resistant microbes. This study tested the hypothesis that patients with RCDI would harbor large numbers of antibiotic-resistant microbes and that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) would reduce the number of antibiotic-resistant genes. METHODS: In a single center...
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