Open AccessFecal microbiota transplantation in the intestinal decolonization of carbapenamase-producing enterobacteriaceae
Author(s) -
João Carlos Silva,
Ana Ponte,
Margarida Mota,
Rolando Pinho,
Nuno Vieira,
Rosa de Oliveira,
Nelson Mota-Carvalho,
Ana Catarina Gomes,
Edgar Afecto,
João Carvalho
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7150/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , fecal bacteriotherapy , enterobacteriaceae , feces , microbiology and biotechnology , transplantation , clostridium difficile , antibiotics , escherichia coli , biology , genetics , gene
fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is effective for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Intestinal decolonization of carbapenamase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) can prevent transmission and infection by these agents. The aim of this study was to assess CPE decolonization after FMT.