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Jean-Christophe Lagier

Researcher at Aix-Marseille University

Publications -  311
Citations -  17625

Jean-Christophe Lagier is an academic researcher from Aix-Marseille University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 274 publications receiving 13861 citations. Previous affiliations of Jean-Christophe Lagier include Institut de recherche pour le développement & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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Early Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Improves Survival in Severe Clostridium difficile Infections

TL;DR: Early FMT dramatically reduces mortality and should be proposed as a first-line treatment for severe CDI patients, particularly those with severe infection.
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Treatment of classic Whipple's disease: from in vitro results to clinical outcome

TL;DR: In vitro results were confirmed by clinical outcomes and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole was associated with failures and the recommended management is a combination of doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine for 1 year, followed by doxy cycline for the patient's lifetime along with stringent therapeutic drug monitoring.
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Tropheryma whipplei and Whipple's disease

TL;DR: Doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine for 12 months is the best treatment for Whipple's disease; it should be followed by life-long treatment with doxycycline, as potentially fatal relapses can occur.