Changes in the composition of the human fecal microbiome following bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea
Abstract
CDAD is the major known cause of antibiotic-induced diarrhea and colitis, and the disease is thought to result from persistent disruption of commensal gut microbiota. Bacteriotherapy by way of fecal transplantation can be used to treat recurrent CDAD and is thought to re-establish the normal colonic microflora. However, limitations of conventional microbiologic techniques have until recently precluded testing of this idea. In this study we used T-RFLP and 16S rRNA gene sequencing approaches to characterize the bacterial composition of the colonic microflora in a patient suffering from recurrent CDAD, before and after treatment by fecal transplantation from a healthy donor. While the patient's residual colonic microbiota, prior to therapy, was deficient in members of the bacterial divisions-Firmicutes and Bacteriodetes, transplantation had a dramatic impact on the composition of the patient's gut microbiota. By 14 days post transplantation, the fecal bacterial composition of the recipient was highly similar to the donor and was dominated by Bacteroides spp. strains and an uncharacterized butyrate producing bacterium. The change in bacterial composition was accompanied by resolution of the patient's symptoms. The striking similarity of the recipient's and donor's intestinal microbiota following bacteriotherapy suggests that the donor's bacteria quickly occupied their requisite niches, resulting inmore »
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Earth Sciences Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 979919
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- LBNL-2887E
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- DE-AC02-05CH11231
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- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
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- Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; BACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMMUNITIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; PATIENTS; RESOLUTION; STRAINS; SYMPTOMS; TESTING; THERAPY
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Khoruts, A, Dicksved, J, Jansson, J K, and Sadowsky, M J. Changes in the composition of the human fecal microbiome following bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c87e02.
Khoruts, A, Dicksved, J, Jansson, J K, & Sadowsky, M J. Changes in the composition of the human fecal microbiome following bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c87e02
Khoruts, A, Dicksved, J, Jansson, J K, and Sadowsky, M J. 2010.
"Changes in the composition of the human fecal microbiome following bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea". United States. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c87e02. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/979919.
@article{osti_979919,
title = {Changes in the composition of the human fecal microbiome following bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea},
author = {Khoruts, A and Dicksved, J and Jansson, J K and Sadowsky, M J},
abstractNote = {CDAD is the major known cause of antibiotic-induced diarrhea and colitis, and the disease is thought to result from persistent disruption of commensal gut microbiota. Bacteriotherapy by way of fecal transplantation can be used to treat recurrent CDAD and is thought to re-establish the normal colonic microflora. However, limitations of conventional microbiologic techniques have until recently precluded testing of this idea. In this study we used T-RFLP and 16S rRNA gene sequencing approaches to characterize the bacterial composition of the colonic microflora in a patient suffering from recurrent CDAD, before and after treatment by fecal transplantation from a healthy donor. While the patient's residual colonic microbiota, prior to therapy, was deficient in members of the bacterial divisions-Firmicutes and Bacteriodetes, transplantation had a dramatic impact on the composition of the patient's gut microbiota. By 14 days post transplantation, the fecal bacterial composition of the recipient was highly similar to the donor and was dominated by Bacteroides spp. strains and an uncharacterized butyrate producing bacterium. The change in bacterial composition was accompanied by resolution of the patient's symptoms. The striking similarity of the recipient's and donor's intestinal microbiota following bacteriotherapy suggests that the donor's bacteria quickly occupied their requisite niches, resulting in restoration of both the structure and function of the microbial communities present.},
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journal = {Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology},
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year = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
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