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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. difficile Infection
Published on: December 8, 2014
[Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection treated with faecal microbiota transplantation]
Andreas Fløe1, Peter Leutscher
1Lungemedicinsk Afdeling LUB, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C. andrniel@rm.dk.
Abstract:
Treatment of severe Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) poses a clinical challenge. Emerging evidence supports the use of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). An 81-year-old man was admitted with a third recurrent episode of CDI within two months. Because of clinical deterioration with development of pancolitis in spite of two weeks of metronidazole and vanco-mycin treatment, FMT was performed using a duodenal tube. The patient recovered completely without further relapse during follow-up. FMT was shown to be an efficient adjuvant treatment of complicated CDI.
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