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SUBMITTER: Draper LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288847 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Draper L A LA Ryan F J FJ Smith M K MK Jalanka J J Mattila E E Arkkila P A PA Ross R P RP Satokari R R Hill C C
Microbiome 20181210 1
<h4>Background</h4>Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is used in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Its success is typically attributed to the restoration of a diverse microbiota. Viruses (including bacteriophages) are the most numerically dominant and potentially the most diverse members of the microbiota, but their fate following FMT has not been well studied.<h4>Results</h4>We studied viral transfer following FMT from 3 donors to 14 patients. Recipient viromes re ...[more]