INTRODUCTION:
Although fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a recommended, clinically efficacious, and cost-effective treatment for recurrent
Clostridioides difficile
infection (CDI), the scale of FMT use in the United States is unknown.
METHODS:
We developed a population-level CDI model.
RESULTS:
We estimated that 48,000 FMTs could be performed annually, preventing 32,000 CDI recurrences.
DISCUSSION:
Improving access to FMT could lead to tens of thousands fewer
C. difficile
episodes per year.
Although fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a recommended, clinically efficacious, and cost-effective treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the scale of FMT use in the United States is unknown. We developed a population-level CDI model and estimated that 48,000 FMTs could be performed annually, preventing 32,000 CDI recurrences.
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