Fecal bacteriotherapy or probiotics for the treatment of intestinal diseases? [1] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2262-2263

  Famularo, Giuseppe ^a   Trinchieri, Vito ^b   De Simone, Claudio ^b   Brandt, Lawrence J ^c   Persky, Seth E ^c   Borody, Thomas J ^d  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Centre for Digestive Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCIN; ENEMA; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034932792     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02539-4     Document Type: Letter

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