Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Cirrhosis Reduces Gut Microbial Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Analysis of Two Trials

Jasmohan S. Bajaj, Amirhossein Shamsaddini, Andrew Fagan, Richard K. Sterling, Edith Gavis, Alexander Khoruts, Michael Fuchs, Hannah Lee, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick M. Gillevet – 21 November 2020 – Antibiotic resistance leads to poor outcomes in cirrhosis. Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is associated with reduction in antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) burden in patients without cirrhosis; however, the impact in cirrhosis is unclear.

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