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LITERATURE Watch Implications for transplantation
Author(s) -
Upadhyay Vaibhav,
Fu YangXin,
Bromberg Jonathan S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12232
Subject(s) - medicine , colonization , fecal bacteriotherapy , transplantation , immunity , antibiotics , immunology , intensive care medicine , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , clostridium difficile
While the concept of microbes as foreign invaders has been essential in preventing illness in transplantation, recent reports in the fi eld of immunity suggest the possibility that probiotics or targeted antibiotic therapies might be helpful in promoting graft acceptance.