Cytomegalovirus in donors for fecal microbiota transplantation, the phantom menace?
Tatiana GalperineIlka EngelmannSebastien HantzDéborah PostilAnny DewildeDominique DeplanqueRenaud MartinJulien LabreucheMouna LazrekStéphanie SomersElodie RibotSophie AlainPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Our study shows that healthy volunteers with positive CMV serology do not shed CMV DNA in their stool, as detected by PCR or cell culture. This study provides another argument to remove CMV screening for FMT donors.