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Medicina (Buenos Aires)
versión impresa ISSN 0025-7680versión On-line ISSN 1669-9106
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MARTINEZ, Jorge V et al. Colitis refractaria por Clostridium difficile tratada con trasplante de microbiota fecal. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2019, vol.79, n.4, pp.291-294. ISSN 0025-7680.
Clostridium difficile infection is an increasingly recognized cause of diarrhea in inpatients, frequently associated to high mortality. Vancomycin is the treatment of choice for all Clostridium difficile- associated diarrheas, with different degrees of severity. However, some patients develop refractory forms to that treatment and there are no alternative antibiotic schemes recommended for these cases. Fecal microbiota transplantation has been shown to be successful in a series of cases of severe diarrhea associated with this organism. We present a case of refractory C. difficile infection successfully treated with fecal microbiota transplantation.
Palabras clave : Clostridium difficile; Fecal microbiota transplant; Diarrhea; Hospital infection.