Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection treated with home fecal transplantation: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Clostridium difficile infection causes severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. A course of metronidazole is the initial treatment; however up to 40% of patients have at least one recurrence. Some patients have recurrent infections requiring further treatment with vancomycin, o...

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Autores principales: Duke, Pauline S, Fardy, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25430511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-393

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25430511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-393

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