Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection after Liver Transplantation

Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Patient with Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection after Liver Transplantation

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) represents one of the most common healthcare-associated infections. Due to increasing numbers of recurrences and therapy failures, CDI has become a major disease burden. Studies have shown that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can both be a safe and highly...

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Main Authors: Kai Markus Schneider, Theresa H. Wirtz, Daniela Kroy, Stefanie Albers, Ulf Peter Neumann, Till Strowig, Gernot Sellge, Christian Trautwein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-02-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Fecal microbiota transplantation
Clostridium difficile infection
Liver transplantation
Microbiota
Pseudomembranous colitis
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/481937

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