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Fecal Microbiota Therapy: Ready for Prime Time?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Krishna Rao*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Vincent B. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
David M. Aronoff
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
*
3120 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, SPC 5378, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (krirao@med.umich.edu)

Abstract

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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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