Fecal Microbial Transplantation for the Treatment of Persistent Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in a Critically Ill Patient

• Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases Vol. 2020; no. 2020; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Geldenhuys, J., De Villiers, N., Hoosien, E., Ueckermann, V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2020; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Bacterial pneumonia; Case Report; Case reports; Colitis; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug therapy; Endocarditis; Feces; Health aspects; Hepatitis; Infections; Metabolism; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Multidrug resistant organisms; Pneumonia; Polymerase chain reaction; Scientific equipment and supplies industry; Sepsis; Syphilis; Transplants & implants; Ventilators; United States

Dysbiosis of the microbiome is a common finding in critically ill patients, who receive broad-spectrum antibiotics and various forms of organ support. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms are a growing threat in all areas of medicine, but most markedly in the critically ill, where there is both loss...