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Chronic diarrhea caused by Klebsiella oxytoca toxin producer following antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis: successful treatment by faecal microbiota transplant.

Marie-Félixe GrangerMirabelle KellyLouis-Charles FortierEric FournierJulie Côté-GravelFrançois MalouinLouis ValiquetteSimon Lévesque
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Klebsiella oxytoca is a Gram-negative bacterium found in faecal microbiota and known to cause several infections in humans, including antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis. We present here a case of colitis caused by K. oxytoca toxin producing strains that evolved in chronic diarrhea successfully treated by fecal microbiota transplant.
Keyphrases
  • gram negative
  • escherichia coli
  • multidrug resistant
  • ulcerative colitis
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • clostridium difficile
  • drug induced