How to prepare stool banks for an appropriate response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences in the Netherlands and a retrospective comparative cohort study for faecal microbiota transplantation
Background Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an efficacious treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (rCDI). Stool banks facilitate FMT by providing screened faecal suspensions from highly selected healthy donors. Due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the potential risk of SARS coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission via FMT, many stool banks were forced to temporarily halt and adjust donor activities. Goal The evaluation of a strategy to effectively continue stool banking activities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. S... Mehr ...
Verfasser: | |
---|---|
Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | PLOS ONE ; volume 17, issue 3, page e0265426 ; ISSN 1932-6203 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
|
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29213185 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265426 |