Faculty Opinions recommendation of Risk estimation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection based on clinical factors.

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Bush
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Clostridium Difficile Infection ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Clinical Factors ◽  
Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection

scholarly journals Risk Estimation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection Based on Clinical Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1386-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph B. D'Agostino ◽  
Sylva H. Collins ◽  
Karol M. Pencina ◽  
Yin Kean ◽  
Sherwood Gorbach
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Clostridium Difficile Infection ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Clinical Factors ◽  
Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection

Self-Administered Home Series Fecal “Minitransplants” for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection on a Rectal Remnant

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Popa ◽  
Mihaela Laszlo ◽  
Lidia Ciobanu ◽  
Elena Ucenic ◽  
Manuela Mihalache ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Clostridium Difficile Infection ◽  
Toxic Megacolon ◽  
Fecal Microbiota ◽  
Recurrent Infections ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Vaginal Infection ◽  
Fecal Microbiota Transplant ◽  
Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection

A fecal microbiota transplant has proved to be an extremely effective method for patients with recurrent infections with Clostridium difficile. We present the case of a 65-year-old female patient with multiple Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) relapses on the rectal remnant, post-colectomy for a CDI-related toxic megacolon. The patient also evidenced associated symptomatic Clostridium difficile vaginal infection. She was successfully treated with serial fecal “minitransplants” (self-administered at home) and metronidazole ovules.Abbreviations: GI: gastrointestinal; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; CDI: Clostridium difficile infection; FMT: fecal microbiota transplant.

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