Trasplante de microbiota fecal en infección recurrente por Clostridium difficile. Experiencia local a partir de un caso clínico
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Moscoso, Felipe
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Simian, Daniela
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Rivera, Daniela
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Acuña, Guillermo
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Quera Pino, Rodrigo
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2015-08-19T16:00:49Z
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2015-08-19T16:00:49Z
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2015
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Rev Med Chile 2015; 143: 531-535
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/132925
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Artículo de publicación ISI
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Abstract
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Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has an incomparable efficacy to
treat recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, with near 90% of success. We
report a 57 years old woman who developed an antibiotic associated diarrhea
with a positive polymerase chain reaction test for Clostridium Difficile toxin. She
was successfully treated with Vancomycin trice but diarrhea recurred. Therefore
a fecal microbiota transplant was performed using solid stools from a relative,
diluted in saline and instilled in the distal ileon, with a good clinical response,
without recurrence of diarrhea, during a 6-month follow-up.