Fecal microbiota transplantation: is there a role in the eradication of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae intestinal carriage?

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 May;109(5):392. doi: 10.17235/reed.2017.4425/2016.

Abstract

The authors present the case of a 66-year-old woman with four hospitalizations due to recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) non responsive to vancomycin and fidaxomicin. Furthermore, intestinal colonization with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) was identified after a positive stool culture in a screening routinely performed in our center in patients recently hospitalized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / complications
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis
  • Clostridium Infections / therapy
  • Coinfection / diagnosis
  • Coinfection / therapy
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / complications
  • Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis
  • Klebsiella Infections / therapy*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*