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- Title
Fecal Microbial Transplantation as an Alternative Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.
- Authors
Qudrat, Anam
- Abstract
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a bacterial infection, most often contracted in the hospital. With symptoms ranging from mild diarrhoea to severe gut inflammation, it has become an emerging epidemic in the last decade. As the infection rate increases alarmingly, it becomes a burden on patients and their healthcare providers to manage. Coupled with this increase is the imminent threat of recurring episodes, termed recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI). As hypervirulent strains evade conventional drug therapies, investment in fecal microbial transplantation (FMT) becomes a viable alternative. Specific advantages of the approach over conventional treatment are its relative efficacy and cost effectiveness. Here, we survey this procedure, its current implementation, and future prospects.
- Publication
University of Toronto Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 92, Issue 3, p48
- ISSN
0833-2207
- Publication type
Article