Here, we describe the epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatment of infection (CDI) in the primary health care setting. CDI is traditionally considered as a healthcare associated infection. However, infections with onset in the community represent a large proportion of CDI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Experimental studies suggest a role of gut microbiota in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) via the gut-brain axis. The gut microbiota can also influence the metabolism of levodopa, which is the mainstay of treatment of PD. Therefore, modifying the gut microbiota by faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) could be a supportive treatment strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a patient with a 5-year diagnosis of akinetic-rigid Parkinson's disease under treatment with Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel therapy through a PEG-J tube due to motor complications, in which, in the context of a clinical study, we successfully and safely administered fecal microbiota transplant through a PEG-J.
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