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Stool donor recruitment - A one-year experience

Publicated to:Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica. 40 (9): 495-498 - 2022-11-01 40(9), DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2021.01.018

Authors: Aira, Andrea; Rubio, Elisa; Feher, Csaba; Gonzalez-Suarez, Begona; Casals-Pascual, Climent; Soriano, Alex

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Dept Clin Microbiol, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Dept Gastroenterol, Digest Endoscopy Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp Clin Barcelona, Dept Infect Dis, Barcelona, Spain - Author
IDIBAPS, Hosp Clin, Dept Infect Dis, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain - Author
ISGlobal, Inst Global Hlth, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Author
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Stool donors for fecal microbiota transference (FMT) should be rigorously screened to identify any disorder in health status. The success of our screening protocol to identify eligible donors in the last year and a half was evaluated and compared with the published literature. The target population was medical students who responded to 3 public calls to donate stools. Qualified donors brought stool samples to our lab. Out of the 110 students who responded to the call, 26 were enrolled as study donors and delivered at least one stool sample. The main reason for volunteer exclusion was body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2 or >25 kg/m2 (n = 11) and for the identification of ESBL Escherichia coli in feces (n = 3). Our success rate after the screening protocol was considered high. Understanding the incentives to participate is critical to the success of recruitment strategies as FMT is still a little-known practice for general population. © 2021 Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

Keywords

cdidonante de hecesfecal microbiota transferencefmticdstool donortmfAdultArticleBody massCdiControlled studyDonante de hecesExtended spectrum beta lactamase producing escherichia coliFecal microbiota transferenceFecal microbiota transplantationFemaleFmtHealth statusHumanIcdIncentiveMajor clinical studyMaleMedical studentNonhumanStool donorTmfTransferenceTransferencia de microbiota fecal

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Enfermedades Infecciosas Y Microbiologia Clinica, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q4 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Infectious Diseases, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-21:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-21:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 14 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.9.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Aira Gomez, Andrea) and Last Author (Soriano Viladomiu, Alex).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Aira Gomez, Andrea.