with corticosteroid agents. The case series did not include any
patients with human immunodeficiency virus or medical
immunosuppression.
Ten patients were residents of nursing homes or other long term
care institutions. Four patients had percutaneous endoscopic gastrost
omy
(PEG) tubes, which were used for FMT instillation, and
another 7 patients received their FMT via a gastroscope. Neither
institutional residence nor FMT administration via PEG tube or
endoscope was associated with higher failure to respond rates (data
not shown).
FMT was well received by all patients and well tolerated. None
of the patients suffered an adverse event or intolerance reaction to
FMT, and none of our patients died during the post FMT 60-day
follow up period.