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ArticleClinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association2026

Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies Compared to Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Preventing Recurrent C difficile Infection.

Larry Nguyen, Paul Feuerstadt, Jessica R Allegretti, Jordan Axelrad

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Article in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Larry NguyenNYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: larry.nguyenmd@gmail.com.
Paul FeuerstadtYale School of Medicine, Attending Gastroenterologist, PACT Gastroenterology Center, Hamden, Connecticut.
Jessica R AllegrettiBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jordan AxelradInflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.

Funding

The Role of Enteric Infection in Flares of Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseK23DK124570 · NIDDK · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI AXELRAD, JORDAN ERIC · 2021 to 2025
$998k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK124570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fecal microbiota-based therapies are safe and effective in preventing recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) after standard of care (SOC) antibiotic treatment with either vancomycin or fidaxomicin.

Indexed as

Clostridium InfectionsFecal Microbiota TransplantationSecondary PreventionAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioides difficileFecesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMaleRecurrenceTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID40930304
PMCPMC12433683

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