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CASE REPORT
Successful faecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection delivered by colonoscopy through a diverted ileostomy in a patient with severe perianal Crohn’s disease
  1. Jonathan Digby-Bell1,
  2. Andrew Williams2,
  3. Peter Irving2,
  4. Simon Goldenberg2
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology, Guy’s & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
  2. 2Guy’s & St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jonathan Digby-Bell, jdigbybell{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

We present the first reported case of successful treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection with faecal microbiota transplantation delivered antegrade with a colonoscope through a diverting ileostomy.

  • endoscopy
  • infection (gastroenterology)

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222958

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JD-B wrote the case report and it was refined and edited by AW, PI and SG.

    • Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.