title: [Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection treated with faecal microbiota transplantation].
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.
authors.affiliation: Lungemedicinsk Afdeling LUB, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C. andrniel@rm.dk.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fløe
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leutscher
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D000069467:Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064307:Microbiota; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents