title: Weight gain after fecal microbiota transplantation.
abstract: Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. We report a case of a woman successfully treated with FMT who developed new-onset obesity after receiving stool from a healthy but overweight donor. This case may stimulate further studies on the mechanisms of the nutritional-neural-microbiota axis and reports of outcomes in patients who have used nonideal donors for FMT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine , Newport Hospital.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alang
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Center for Women's Gastrointestinal Medicine at the Women's Medicine Collaborative , The Miriam Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Colleen R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kelly
keywords: Clostridium difficile infection; fecal microbiota transplantation; gut microbiota; obesity