Randomised clinical trial: faecal microbiota transplantation by colonoscopy vs. vancomycin for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics2015Vol. 41(9), pp. 835–843
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Giovanni Cammarota, Luca Masucci, Gianluca Ianiro, Stefano Bibbò, Giorgia Dinoi, Guido Costamagna, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Antonio Gasbarrini
Abstract
Faecal microbiota transplantation using colonoscopy to infuse faeces was significantly more effective than vancomycin regimen for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection. The delivery of donor faeces via colonoscopy has the potential to optimise the treatment strategy in patients with pseudomembranous colitis.
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