Antibiotic‐Associated Disruption of Microbiota Composition and Function in Cirrhosis Is Restored by Fecal Transplant

2018138 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jasmohan S. Bajaj · Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

Genta Kakiyama · Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

Tor Savidge · Baylor College of Medicine

Hajime Takei · Tokyo Junshin University

Zain Kassam · OpenBiome

Andrew Fagan · Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

Edith Gavis

Abstract

In patients with advanced cirrhosis on lactulose and rifaximin, FMT restored antibiotic-associated disruption in microbial diversity and function. (Hepatology 2018; 00:000-000).

Topics & Keywords

Liver Disease and Transplantation Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Hepatology

Volume 68, Issue 4, pp. 1549-1558

DOI: 10.1002/hep.30037

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