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JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
Volume 95, Issue 4, Pages 433-437Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.02.001
Keywords
Antimicrobials; Faecal microbiota transplantation; Multidrug-resistant organism; Carbapenem-resistant; Enterobacteriaceae; Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) carriage present a major public health challenge. Decolonization strategies are lacking. We aimed to evaluate the impact of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) on a cohort of patients with digestive tract colonization by CRE or VRE. Eight patients were included: six carrying CRE and two colonized by VRE. One month after FMT, two patients were free from CRE carriage, and another patient was free from VRE after three months. In our experience, this strategy is safe. (C) 2017 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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