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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation via Colonoscopy for Recurrent C. difficile Infection
Published on: December 8, 2014
Faecal microbiota transplantation for refractory C lostridium difficile infection
Aravind Gokul Tamilarasan1, Peter Irving2, Christopher Is Meadows3,4
1Department of Gastroenterology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK gt_tamilarasan@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has become a part of the treatment algorithm for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), particularly for recurrent infections when antibiotics have diminishing efficacy. Notably, despite a significant proportion of patients suffering from refractory disease, there is a general lack of evidence describing the use of FMT in this patient cohort. We present here a case of successful treatment of refractory CDI in a patient under critical care.
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