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

Jonathan Digby-Bell; Andrew Williams; Peter Irving; Simon Goldenberg

doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222958

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

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Mar 5:2018:bcr2017222958. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222958.

Authors

Jonathan Digby-Bell¹, Andrew Williams², Peter Irving², Simon Goldenberg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
² Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.

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.

Keywords: endoscopy; infection (gastroenterology).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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