Faecal short-chain fatty acids in patients with antibiotic associated diarrhoea, before and after faecal enema treatment

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 721-727

  Gustafsson, A ^a   Lund Tonnesen S ^b   Berstad, A ^b   Midtvedt, T ^b   Norin, E ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhoea, intestinal; Microflora; Microflora associated characteristics; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; ENEMA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031852304     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850171666     Document Type: Article

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