Successful treatment by fecal microbiota transplantation for Japanese patients with refractory Clostridium difficile infection: A prospective case series

Successful treatment by fecal microbiota transplantation for Japanese patients with refractory Clostridium difficile infection: A prospective case series

We prospectively enrolled four Japanese patients with refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and were treated with a single fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). The average age of the patients was 83.7 years. All patients had a successful clinical course for up to 3 months without any a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection immunology and infection, 2019-08, Vol.52 (4), p.663-666
Hauptverfasser: Bamba, Shigeki, Nishida, Atsushi, Imaeda, Hirotsugu, Inatomi, Osamu, Sasaki, Masaya, Sugimoto, Mitsushige, Andoh, Akira
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Sprache:eng
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Colonoscopy
Elderly
Gut microbiota
Metronidazole
Vancomycin
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Zusammenfassung:We prospectively enrolled four Japanese patients with refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and were treated with a single fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). The average age of the patients was 83.7 years. All patients had a successful clinical course for up to 3 months without any adverse events.
ISSN:1684-1182
1995-9133
DOI:10.1016/j.jmii.2017.08.027