Monday, October 13, 2014

JAMA - Frozen Fecal Transplant for C dif

"Oral, Capsulized, Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection"

"Conclusions and Relevance  This preliminary study among patients with relapsing C difficileinfection provides data on adverse events and rates of resolution of diarrhea following administration of FMT using frozen encapsulated inoculum from unrelated donors. Larger studies are needed to confirm these results and to evaluate long-term safety and effectiveness."  

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1916296

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