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Under what circumstances would you recommend early fecal microbiota transplantation over antibiotic treatment or bezlotoxumab in a patient with recurrent C. difficile infection?

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Infectious Disease · Pacific Inpatient Medical Group

Assuming donor stool is available, if the patient is not expected to need another course of antibiotics in the foreseeable future, I would recommend FMT.

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Infectious Disease · Yale New Haven Hospital

Rarely. Bezlo not available. For someone with MDROs might be useful, and depends on availability.

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