Efficacy and Safety of, and Patient Satisfaction with, Colonoscopic-Administered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Relapsing and Refractory Community- and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection

Muhammad Ali Khan; Aijaz Ahmed Sofi; Usman Ahmad; Osama Alaradi; Abdur Rahman Khan; Tariq Hammad; Jennifer Pratt; Thomas Sodeman; William Sodeman; Sehrish Kamal; Ali Nawras

doi:10.1155/2014/695029

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2014)

Efficacy and Safety of, and Patient Satisfaction with, Colonoscopic-Administered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Relapsing and Refractory Community- and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection

Muhammad Ali Khan,
Aijaz Ahmed Sofi,
Usman Ahmad,
Osama Alaradi,
Abdur Rahman Khan,
Tariq Hammad,
Jennifer Pratt,
Thomas Sodeman,
William Sodeman,
Sehrish Kamal,
Ali Nawras

Affiliations

Muhammad Ali Khan: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Aijaz Ahmed Sofi: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Usman Ahmad: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Osama Alaradi: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Abdur Rahman Khan: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Tariq Hammad: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Jennifer Pratt: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Thomas Sodeman: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
William Sodeman: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Sehrish Kamal: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Ali Nawras: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/695029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 8
pp. 434 – 438

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To report the efficacy and safety of, and patient satisfaction with, colonoscopic fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for community- and hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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