Chronic Diarrhea Caused by a Klebsiella oxytoca Toxin Producer Strain Following Antibiotic-Associated Hemorrhagic Colitis: Successful Treatment by Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 15;77(12):1700-1703. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad436.

Abstract

Klebsiella oxytoca is a gram-negative bacterium found in fecal 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.

Keywords: Klebsiella oxytoca; antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis; fecal microbiota transplant; toxin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Colitis* / complications
  • Colitis* / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous* / etiology
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections* / microbiology
  • Klebsiella oxytoca

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents