Expanded Evidence for Frozen Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridium difficile Infection: A Fresh Take

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor2Associate Editor, JAMA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor3Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Editorial

Preeti N Malani et al. JAMA. 2016.

. 2016 Jan 12;315(2):137-8.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.18100.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor2Associate Editor, JAMA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor3Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Lee CH, Steiner T, Petrof EO, Smieja M, Roscoe D, Nematallah A, Weese JS, Collins S, Moayyedi P, Crowther M, Ropeleski MJ, Jayaratne P, Higgins D, Li Y, Rau NV, Kim PT. Lee CH, et al. JAMA. 2016 Jan 12;315(2):142-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.18098. JAMA. 2016. PMID: 26757463 Clinical Trial.

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