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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2018

Technical Aspects of Fecal Microbial Transplantation (FMT).

N Bhutiani, J E Schucht, K R Miller, Stephen A McClave

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Advances in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Gut Dysbiosis-Related Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Review article: the future of microbiome-based therapeutics.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022
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  17. Doctor, my patient has CDI and should continue to receive antibiotics. The (unresolved) risk of recurrent CDI.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2019
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  18. Management of adult Clostridium difficile digestive contaminations: a literature review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

N BhutianiDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
J E SchuchtDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
K R MillerDepartment of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Stephen A McClaveDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Louisville, 550 S. Jackson St., Ambulatory Care Building 3nd Floor, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. Samccl01@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewFecal microbial transplantation (FMT) has become established as an effective therapeutic modality in the treatment of antibiotic-refractory recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis. A number of formulations and methods of delivery of FMT are currently available, each with distinct advantages. This review aims to review donor and patient selection for FMT as well as procedural aspects of FMT to help guide clinical practice. RECENT

findingsFMT can be obtained in fresh, frozen, lyophilized, and capsule-based formulations for delivery by oral ingestion, nasoenteric tube, colonoscopy, or enema (depending on the formulation used). Choosing the optimal method relies heavily on patient-related factors, including underlying pathology and severity of illness. As potential applications for FMT expand, careful donor screening and patient selection are critical to minimizing risk to patients and physicians. FMT represents an excellent therapeutic option for treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis and holds promise as a possible treatment modality in a variety of other conditions. The wide array of delivery methods allows for its application in various disease states in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Indexed as

Donor SelectionEnterocolitis, PseudomembranousFecal Microbiota TransplantationHumansPatient SelectionDysbiosisFecal transplant

Identifiers

PMID29886561
OpenAlexW2807131977

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