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.
| Translated title of the contribution | Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection treated with faecal microbiota transplantation |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Article number | V04130223 |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Læger |
| Volume | 176 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 340-342 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Feb 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |