stool transplantation

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Indications

* patients willing to accept stool transplantation if recommended by their physician[2]

Benefits: 80% cure rate

Procedure

Complications

More general terms

References

  1. Journal Watch 23(8):63, 2003 Aas J et al, Recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis: case series involving 18 patients treated with donor stool administered via a nasogastric tube. Clin Infect Dis 36:580,2003 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12594638
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zipursky JS et al. Patient attitudes toward the use of fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Clin Infect Dis 2012 Dec 15; 55:1652 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22990849