Treating Clostridium difficile infections: Should fecal microbiota transplantation be reclassified from investigational drug to human tissue?
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has emerged as a highly effective treatment for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea in developed countries and the cause of nearly 30,000 annual deaths in the US. FMT is proving to be more effe...
Main Authors: | Mark Stuntz, Franka des Vignes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-10-01
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Series: | Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865415300454 |
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