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Fecal microbiota transplantation as a potential way to eradicate multiresistant microorganisms

Multiresistant microorganism infection often can produce a life-threatening situation. We report two cases in which fecal microbiota transplantation used for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection were effective in eradicating colonization by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteri...

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Autores principales: Dias, Cátia, Pipa, Sara, Duarte-Ribeiro, Filipa, Mota, Margarida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00432
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Sumario:Multiresistant microorganism infection often can produce a life-threatening situation. We report two cases in which fecal microbiota transplantation used for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection were effective in eradicating colonization by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The presented cases illustrate the potential benefit of fecal microbiota transplantation in resolution of asymptomatic carrier states of multiresistant microorganisms, suggesting the need for further investigations with a view to their applicability in this area.