Successful faecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection delivered by colonoscopy through a diverted ileostomy in a patient with severe perianal Crohn's disease.

Authors :: Digby-Bell J
Williams A
Irving P
Goldenberg S
Source :: BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2018 Mar 05; Vol. 2018. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 05.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: We present the first reported case of successful treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection with faecal microbiota transplantation delivered antegrade with a colonoscope through a diverting ileostomy.<br />Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.<br /> (© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.)

Subjects :: Adult
Clostridium Infections complications
Colonoscopes
Crohn Disease complications
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation instrumentation
Female
Humans
Treatment Outcome
Clostridium Infections therapy
Colonoscopy methods
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation methods
Ileostomy

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