[Fecal microbiota transplantation in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2015 Apr;143(4):531-5. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872015000400017.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has an incomparable efficacy to treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, with near 90% of success. We report a 57 years old woman who developed an antibiotic associated diarrhea with a positive polymerase chain reaction test for Clostridium Difficile toxin. She was successfully treated with Vancomycin trice but diarrhea recurred. Therefore a fecal microbiota transplant was performed using solid stools from a relative, diluted in saline and instilled in the distal ileon, with a good clinical response, without recurrence of diarrhea, during a 6-month follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile*
  • Clostridium Infections / therapy*
  • Diarrhea / chemically induced
  • Diarrhea / therapy
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vancomycin