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1. IVIG – A cure to severe refractory NAP-1 Clostridium difficile colitis? A case of successful treatment of severe infection, which failed standard therapy including fecal microbiota transplants and fidaxomicin

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Kelley Coffman, Xian Jie Cindy Chen, Charles Okamura, and Eddie Louie

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Clostridium difficile infection, C diff, CDI, IVIG, Intravenous immunoglobulin, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

The mainstay treatment of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) is antimicrobials with growing support for fecal microbiota transplants. We report the first case of an elderly man with severe refractory NAP-1 pseudomembranous CDI who failed all medical therapy and two fecal transplants with response only seen after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin.

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2017
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2. IVIG – A cure to severe refractory NAP-1 Clostridium difficile colitis? A case of successful treatment of severe infection, which failed standard therapy including fecal microbiota transplants and fidaxomicin☆

Author

Eddie Louie, Xian Jie Cindy Chen, Charles Okamura, and Kelley Coffman

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, genetic structures, Case Report, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Gastroenterology, Clostridium Difficile Colitis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, fluids and secretions, Refractory, Internal medicine, Clostridium difficile infection, C diff, medicine, Fidaxomicin, 030212 general & internal medicine, Intravenous immunoglobulin, IVIG, business.industry, Fecal bacteriotherapy, Fecal microbiota, Antimicrobial, Nap, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, CDI, business, Standard therapy, medicine.drug
Abstract

The mainstay treatment of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) is antimicrobials with growing support for fecal microbiota transplants. We report the first case of an elderly man with severe refractory NAP-1 pseudomembranous CDI who failed all medical therapy and two fecal transplants with response only seen after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin.

Published
2017

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