Fecal transplant for Clostridium difficile infection relapses using “pooled" frozen feces from non-related donors
| Journal | Volume 79 - 2016 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Letters |
| Author(s) | Eva MarÌa Gutiérrez-Delgado, Elvira Garza-González, Manuel Alejandro MartÌnez-Vázquez, José Alberto González- González, Héctor J. Maldonado-Garza, Soraya Mendoza-Olazaran, Cristina Liliana Hernández-Balboa, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz |
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| (1) Servicio de InfectologÌa, (2) Servicio de GastroenterologÌa, (3) EpidemiologÌa Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Dr José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autônoma de Nuevo Leôn, Monterrey México. |
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality (1). About 20-50% of pa- tients develop relapses after antibiotic treatment (2,4). Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective, inexpensive and secure treatment option for these pa- tients(1,3), even in immunosuppressed patients(5). Conventional FMT (from fresh or frozen feces) from a healthy related donor (2), has shown effectiveness in approximately 90% of CDI relapses (1,3,4). |
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