Long-term taxonomic and functional divergence from donor bacterial strains following fecal microbiota transplantation in immunocompromised patients.

Long-term taxonomic and functional divergence from donor bacterial strains following fecal microbiota transplantation in immunocompromised patients.

Immunocompromised individuals are at high risk of developing Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD). Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective therapy for refractory or recurrent CDAD and, despite safety concerns, has recently been offered to immunocompromised patients. W...

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Main Authors: Eli L Moss, Shannon B Falconer, Ekaterina Tkachenko, Mingjie Wang, Hannah Systrom, Jasmin Mahabamunuge, David A Relman, Elizabeth L Hohmann, Ami S Bhatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5565110?pdf=render

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