Abstract
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has an incomparable efficacy to treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, with near 90% of success. We report a 57 years old woman who developed an antibiotic associated diarrhea with a positive polymerase chain reaction test for Clostridium Difficile toxin. She was successfully treated with Vancomycin trice but diarrhea recurred. Therefore a fecal microbiota transplant was performed using solid stools from a relative, diluted in saline and instilled in the distal ileon, with a good clinical response, without recurrence of diarrhea, during a 6-month follow-up.
Translated title of the contribution | Fecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Report of one case |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 531-535 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Revista Medica de Chile |
Volume | 143 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
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