Duodenal Infusion of Donor Feces for Recurrent <i>Clostridium difficile</i>

van Nood, Els; Vrieze, Anne; Nieuwdorp, Max; Fuentes, Susana; G. Zoetendal, Erwin; M. de Vos, Willem; E. Visser, Caroline; J. Kuijper, Ed; F. W. M. Bartelsman, J.; G.P. Tijssen, Jan; Speelman, Peter; G. W. Dijkgraaf, Marcel; J. Keller, Josbert

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1205037

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Duodenal Infusion of Donor Feces for Recurrent Clostridium difficile

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 16, 2013

Authors:

Els van Nood

Anne Vrieze

Max Nieuwdorp

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection is difficult to treat, and failure rates for antibiotic therapy are high. We studied the effect of duodenal infusion of donor feces in patients with recurrent C. difficile infection. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients to receive one of three ...

Subject

Clostridium difficile

Feces

Fecal bacteriotherapy

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