Fecal microbiota transplantation for refractory diarrhea in immunocompromised diseases: a pediatric case report

• Main Authors: Shuwen Zhong (Author), Jingqing Zeng (Author), Zhaohui Deng (Author), Lirong Jiang (Author), Bin Zhang (Author), Kaihua Yang (Author), Wenyu Wang (Author), Tianao Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Immunocompromised (IC) patients have an increased risk of refractory diarrhea. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a safe and effective therapy for infection-related diarrhea which are mainly mediated by the loss of the microbial colonization, although there is concern that...