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

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Authors

Els van Nood · Academic Medical Center

Anne Vrieze · University of Amsterdam

Max Nieuwdorp · University of Amsterdam

Susana Fuentes · Wageningen University & Research

Erwin G. Zoetendal · Wageningen University & Research

Willem M. de Vos · University of Helsinki

Caroline E. Visser

Abstract

The infusion of donor feces was significantly more effective for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infection than the use of vancomycin. (Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; Netherlands Trial Register number, NTR1177.).

Topics & Keywords

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Potassium and Related Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 368, Issue 5, pp. 407-415

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1205037

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