Fecal microbiota transplant rescues mice from human pathogen mediated sepsis by restoring systemic immunity

Fecal microbiota transplant rescues mice from human pathogen mediated sepsis by restoring systemic immunity

Sepsis due to multidrug resistant pathogens is the most common cause of death in intensive care units. Here, the authors report that fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) can rescue mice from lethal sepsis of pathogens isolated from stool of a critically ill patient and show that FMT reverses the immuno...

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Main Authors: Sangman M. Kim, Jennifer R. DeFazio, Sanjiv K. Hyoju, Kishan Sangani, Robert Keskey, Monika A. Krezalek, Nikolai N. Khodarev, Naseer Sangwan, Scott Christley, Katharine G. Harris, Ankit Malik, Alexander Zaborin, Romain Bouziat, Diana R. Ranoa, Mara Wiegerinck, Jordan D. Ernest, Baddr A. Shakhsheer, Irma D. Fleming, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, Jack A. Gilbert, Luis B. Barreiro, Olga Zaborina, Bana Jabri, John C. Alverdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15545-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15545-w

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