RT Journal
A1 Kassam Z, Hundal R, Marshall JK, Lee CH
T1 FEcal transplant via retention enema for refractory or recurrent clostridium difficile infection
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD January 23
VO 172
IS 2
SP 191
OP 193
DO 10.1001/archinte.172.2.191
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.172.2.191
AB 
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of nosocomial infection and its rates continue to rise. In the United States, the incidence of CDI tripled between 1996 and 2005 (31 per 100 000 vs 84 per 100 000).1 This has been accompanied by an increase in disease severity, with mortality rates of up to 6.9%.2 In addition, nosocomial CDI increases the cost of otherwise matched hospitalizations by 4-fold.3