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@article{Mullish:2025:10.1016/j.jhin.2025.07.022,
author = {Mullish, BH and Javed, A and Ghani, R and Davies, F and Ghazy, A and Ranganathan, N and Alexander, JL and Roberts, LA and Chrysostomou, D and Thursz, MR and Marchesi, JR and Gilchrist, M and Williams, HRT},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhin.2025.07.022},
journal = {Journal of Hospital Infection},
pages = {105--110},
title = {Operational considerations for the running of an NHS faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) service},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.07.022},
volume = {164},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Faecal microbiota transplant (FMT; sometimes called ‘intestinal microbiota transplant’ (1)) is well-established in national (2-4) and international consensus documents and guidelines (5) as a clinically- and cost-effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI). This infection presents several particular clinical challenges, impacting as it does upon infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship (AMS) strategies, healthcare-acquired infection rates, and clinical flow. Moreover, the lack of isolation facilities, inconsistencies in decontamination strategies and an ageing immunosuppressed population further adds to treatment challenge. In recent years, FMT has become embedded as an antimicrobial stewardship strategy particularly for patients with recurrent CDI as a means of limiting further exposure to antimicrobials. Additionally – following on from early signals related to the use of FMT in rCDI potentially mitigating the burden of antimicrobial resistance genes in the gut (6), and reducing the risk of future invasive infection (7) - FMT has been explored as a modality to reduce invasive infections in patients with intestinal colonisation with gram negative multidrug resistant organisms (GN-MDRO). These infections can be highly-resistant to last line systemic therapies, and FMT may offer a way to avoid selection pressures for these agents and aid overall AMS efforts. Specifically, FMT in this setting seems safe and effective when administered to immunocompromised patients with intestinal MDROs, potentially resulting in decolonisation, and reducing invasive infection and carbapenem use, with additional potential beneficial impacts upon morbidity and mortality (8-11).
AU - Mullish,BH
AU - Javed,A
AU - Ghani,R
AU - Davies,F
AU - Ghazy,A
AU - Ranganathan,N
AU - Alexander,JL
AU - Roberts,LA
AU - Chrysostomou,D
AU - Thursz,MR
AU - Marchesi,JR
AU - Gilchrist,M
AU - Williams,HRT
DO - 10.1016/j.jhin.2025.07.022
EP - 110
PY - 2025///
SN - 0195-6701
SP - 105
TI - Operational considerations for the running of an NHS faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) service
T2 - Journal of Hospital Infection
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2025.07.022
VL - 164
ER -