Article Text
Novel treatment (new drug/intervention; established drug/procedure in new situation)
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
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)
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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.