(1) Eero Mattila from Helsinki University Central Hospital in Finland in his clinical study titled “Fecal Transplantation, Through Colonoscopy, Is Effective Therapy for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection” (2012) discusses that fecal transplants are effective treatments for C. difficile infections. (2) Mattila describes the methods for his clinical study done with 70 patients with C. difficile infections and provides each patient’s results of the treatments as evidence for the successful therapy method. (3) The purpose of Mattila’s study was to determine the short- and long-term effects of fecal transplants using colonoscopies in order to determine if it was a safe and effective treatment method for gastrointestinal diseases. (4) Throughout the article, Mattila describes his research, creating a scholarly and transparent discussion with doctors and microbial researchers.
Mattila E, Uusitalo-Seppala R, Wuorela M, Lehtola L, Nurmi H, Ristikankare M, Moilanen V, Salminen K, Seppala M, Mattila PS, Anttila V-J, Arkkila P. 2012. Fecal Transplantation, Through Colonoscopy, Is Effective Therapy for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Gastroenterology 142:490–496.
