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. 2025 May 1;17(1):e2025035.
doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2025.035. eCollection 2025.

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as a Salvage Therapy for Concomitant Resistant Digestive Graft Versus Host Disease and Cryptosporidiosis in a Patient Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: about a Case

Thomas Finotto  1 , Carole Chevenet  1 , Amandine Fayard  1
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as a Salvage Therapy for Concomitant Resistant Digestive Graft Versus Host Disease and Cryptosporidiosis in a Patient Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: about a Case

Thomas Finotto et al. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myeloid leukemia; Isavuconazole; Pulmonary mucormycosis; mNGS.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of Interest.

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Figure 1
Histological section of a rectal biopsy revealing signs of GvHD (cellular apoptosis) and parasitic infection. Haematoxylin, eosin, and saffron stain, Magnification x400. ➞ Apoptotic bodies at the periphery of the glands. * Cryptosporidia within the lumina.
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