[Fecal bacteriotherapy for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis used in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases of the University Hospital Brno in 2010-2014 - a prospective study]. / Fekální bakterioterapie v lécbe rekurentní kolitidy zpusobené Clostridium difficile na Klinice infekcních chorob Fakultní nemocnice Brno v letech 2010-2014 - prospektivní studie.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of fecal bacteriotherapy in the treatment of Clostridium difficile colitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study of fecal bacteriotherapy in 80 adult patients hospitalized in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Brno between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2014. RESULTS: During the study period, 80 patients were treated with fecal bacteriotherapy. The majority of the study group received fecal bacteriotherapy via a nasojejunal tube (n=78) and two patients via a rectal enema. Six patients were instilled with 20 g of feces, with a success rate of 50 %. The outcomes of nine patients were unevaluable. In the rest of 65 patients, the success rate with 40 g of feces was 83.1 %. There were no severe adverse events or mortality associated with fecal bacteriotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: Fecal bacteriotherapy is a safe and effective treatment modality in Clostridium difficile colitis.