Faecal transplantation in a two-year-old child with therapy-resistant Clostridiodes difficileinfection

Reidun Stenberg^{1

2}, Robert J Brummer^{3

4}, Torbjörn Norén^{3

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6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of University Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
² Child Rehabilitation Centre, Örebro, Sweden.
³ School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, National Reference Laboratory for Clostridioides difficile, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Reference Laboratory for Clostridioides difficile, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Case Reports

Reidun Stenberg et al. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;111(8):1628-1629.

doi: 10.1111/apa.16363. Epub 2022 Apr 25.

Reidun Stenberg^{1

2}, Robert J Brummer^{3

4}, Torbjörn Norén^{3

5

6}

¹ Department of University Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
² Child Rehabilitation Centre, Örebro, Sweden.
³ School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, National Reference Laboratory for Clostridioides difficile, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Reference Laboratory for Clostridioides difficile, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

We declare no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, that could have biased this work.

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