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Transplant of faecal microbiota - priority area in the agenda to eradicate clostridium difficile infection

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dc.contributor.author Cazacliu, Ina
dc.date.accessioned 2020-09-30T14:03:19Z
dc.date.available 2020-09-30T14:03:19Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation CAZACLIU, Ina. Transplant of faecal microbiota - priority area in the agenda to eradicate clostridium difficile infection. In: MedEspera: the 6th Internat. Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors: abstract book. Chișinău: S. n., 2016, p. 245. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-9975-3028-3-8.
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/11829
dc.description Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, The 6th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors en_US
dc.description.abstract Introduction: Fecal transplant or transplant of fecal microbiota (TFM) is an innovative technique of transplantation of fecal bacteria from a healthy person to a sick one. For the first time it was used by experts from the University Hospital "Hadassah"(Ierusalim) to treat certain intestinal diseases, especially the ones caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile. This microorganism is found in intestines of people of different ages, but the increasing number of these bacteria inhibits the normal micro-flora of the intestinal tract inside healthy people. When the optimum balance in the gut is disrupted (often as a result of antibiotic treatment), there is a rapid increase of Clostridium difficile, which leads to diseases.C.difficile is estimated to be responsible for at least one fourth of antibiotic-Associated diarrheas in hospitalized patients. Studies that have been done in this field have contributed to the progress in getting known the TFM. The recovery of patients were successful in more than 90% after the manipulations which were performed, these being recognized as the most important scientific achievements of 2012. Material and methods: The presentation represents an extensive literature review based on previously completed research; we have conducted its own study and concluded the benefit of this procedure for the treatment of patients with intestinal diseases. The result of discussion: There are three antimicrobial drugs most commonly implicated in infection with C.difficile, clindamycin, ampicillin and the cephalosporin. First-line antimicrobial drugs for C. difficile treatment are metronidazole and vancomycin; however, recent data suggest that metronidazole is losing its efficacy and expert suggests to use more radical methods for treatment such as transplant of fecal microbiota. Transplantation can be provided through a variety of methodologies, either to the lower proximal, lower distal, or upper gastrointestinal tract. A research conducted in 2008 by T. Brodie, an Australian gastroenterologist, and other scientists, allowed to extend the list of indications for TFM. In addition to the treatment of intestine pathologies, faecal transplant was used to treat diseases like Parkinson's disease, diabetes mellitus, and insulin resistance, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, and multiple sclerosis. Conclusion: Unfortunately C.difficile infection increases incidence, severity and recurrence rates, particularly in the last several years. From 1996 to 2010, the reported incidence of CDI cases in acute care hospitals in the U.S indicates an increase from 139,000 to 349,000. Up to now the intestinal microbiota has been generally inaccessible to scientific researches because most of them were hardly cultivated in the laboratory. The transplant of fecal microbiota proves to be an inexpensive and very effective intervention in intestinal diseases treatment. According to literature data, about 90% of patients are cured, so this procedure represented a real success in modern medicine. Key-words: Fecal microbiota, Clostridium difficile, recurent infection, intestinal disease. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher MedEspera en_US
dc.subject Fecal microbiota en_US
dc.subject Clostridium difficile en_US
dc.subject recurent infection en_US
dc.subject intestinal disease en_US
dc.title Transplant of faecal microbiota - priority area in the agenda to eradicate clostridium difficile infection en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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