David A. Bobak
University Hospitals of Cleveland
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Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2013
Nuntra Suwantarat; David A. Bobak
In recent years, effective management of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has emerged as an important issue for those clinicians who treat patients with CDI. In addition to antibiotic-based therapies, including alternating use, chaser, and tapering protocols, interest has increased in the potential utility of a variety of nonantibiotic forms of adjunctive therapy. Among these alternative forms of treatment, the concept of transferring extracts of a stool from donors to patients with CDI has been met with great interest among researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Fecal bacteriotherapy, or so-called fecal microbiota transplantation, for therapy of CDI is a procedure that dates back to the 1950s. Recently, however, a variety of studies have garnered attention in the lay press, in addition to the standard scientific-reporting community. Although no well-controlled trials have been published as yet and the details of the procedures used have varied widely between institutions, the available evidence suggests that for selected patients, fecal bacteriotherapy appears to be generally safe and effective. Concerns about true efficacy and the theoretical potential for infectious complications have prevented widespread adoption of this concept as standard therapy, but its use in academic and community practices is on the rise.
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2009
Laila Woc-Colburn; David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2008
David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2008
David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2005
Benigno Rodriguez; David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2002
David A. Bobak; Gopal Yadavalli
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2010
David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2009
David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2004
David A. Bobak
Current Infectious Disease Reports | 2002
David A. Bobak