Fecal microbiota transplantation for severe clostridium difficile infection after left ventricular assist device implantation: a case control study and concise review on the local and regional therapies

BACKGROUND: We report herein a case of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) used for severe Clostridium difficile infection for a 65-year-old Lebanese man who underwent left ventricular assist device implantation. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case report from Lebanon and the regi...

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Autores principales: Berro, Zeina Z., Hamdan, Righab H., Dandache, Israa H., Saab, Mohamad N., Karnib, Hussein H., Younes, Mahmoud H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27233894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1571-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27233894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1571-6

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