Fecal Transplant vs. Oral Vancomycin Taper for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.

Fecal Transplant vs. Oral Vancomycin Taper for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.

Watkins Richard R

Infectious Disease Alert

2017

2017-01

In a small randomized, controlled trial that compared fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) administered by enema to a six-week oral vancomycin taper, FMT was not more effective for patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.

Recurrence; Costs and Cost Analysis; Enema; Administration; Oral; Treatment Outcomes; Randomized Controlled Trials; Cost Benefit Analysis; Microbiota; Transplant Donors; Vancomycin – Therapeutic Use; Clostridium Infections – Drug Therapy; Clostridium Infections – Prevention and Control; Clostridium Infections – Therapy; Feces – Transplantation; Recurrence – Therapy; Vancomycin – Administration and Dosage; Vancomycin – Economics

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