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**Expensive
 
*Fecal microbiota transplant (83-94% success rate for recurrent COL).  
 
*Fecal microbiota transplant (83-94% success rate for recurrent COL).  
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**Fecal microbiota transplantation restores gut microbiota diversity, with the
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**Fecal microbiota transplantation restores gut microbiota diversity, with the instillation of donor stool into the gastrointestinal tract of an infected patient.
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instillation of donor stool into the gastrointestinal tract of an infected patient
   
**This procedure has had good clinical response without reports of adverse events, for refractory or recurrent CDI.  
 
**This procedure has had good clinical response without reports of adverse events, for refractory or recurrent CDI.  
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**The first systematic review was published in 2011 and
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**The first systematic review was published in 2011 and included 317 patients with recurrent CDI treated with fecal microbiota transplantation via enema, nasojejunal-tube/gastroscope or colonoscopy.  
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included 317 patients with recurrent CDI treated with fecal microbiota transplantation via enema, nasojejunal-tube/gastroscope or colonoscopy.  
   
**Clinical resolution occurred in 92% of patients (89% after a single treatment), without serious adverse effects.
 
**Clinical resolution occurred in 92% of patients (89% after a single treatment), without serious adverse effects.
 
**A recent review of 536 patients reported a 27% clinical response rate.
 
**A recent review of 536 patients reported a 27% clinical response rate.

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