Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Host immunity modulates the efficacy of microbiota transplantation for treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection

  • Eric R. Littmann,
  • Jung-Jin Lee,
  • Joshua E. Denny,
  • Zahidul Alam,
  • Jeffrey R. Maslanka,
  • Isma Zarin,
  • Rina Matsuda,
  • Rebecca A. Carter,
  • Bože Susac,
  • Miriam S. Saffern,
  • Bryton Fett,
  • Lisa M. Mattei,
  • Kyle Bittinger,
  • Michael C. Abt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20793-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Transfer of a host’s microbiota by faecal microbiota transplantation has shown benefit in the context of recurrent Clostridioides difficle infection. Here the authors shows the inflammatory status of the recipient can impact on engraftment and the efficacy of the introduced microbiota in a model of C.difficile infection.