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Treating Clostridium difficile Infection With Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

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Fecal microbiota transplantation is safe, inexpensive, and effective; according to case and small series reports, about 90% of patients are cured.
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This article is published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.The article was published on 2011-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 904 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transplantation & Clostridium difficile.

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Microbiota-mediated colonization resistance against intestinal pathogens.

TL;DR: How immune- mediated colonization resistance against antibiotic-resistant intestinal pathogens is influenced by the composition of the commensal microbiota is discussed and recent advances characterizing the ability of different Commensal bacterial families, genera and species to restore colonization resistance to intestinal pathogens in antibiotic-treated hosts are reviewed.
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Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine

TL;DR: New studies are revealing how the gut microbiota has coevolved with us and how it manipulates and complements the authors' biology in ways that are mutually beneficial.
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Clostridium difficile infection: new developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis

TL;DR: Since 2001, the prevalence and severity of C. difficile infection has increased significantly, which has led to increased research interest and the discovery of new virulence factors, and has expanded and focused the development of new treatment and prevention regimens.
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Clostridium difficile — More Difficult Than Ever

TL;DR: Recent changes in the epidemiology of C. difficile have become both more prevalent and more virulent and the use of new antibiotics, probiotics, immunotherapy, and even bacteriotherapy is discussed.
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A Comparison of Vancomycin and Metronidazole for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea, Stratified by Disease Severity

TL;DR: The findings suggest that metronidazole and vancomycin are equally effective for the treatment of mild CDAD, but vancomYcin is superior for treating patients with severe CDAD.
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