Influence of intestinal decontamination using metronidazole on the detection of methanogenic Archaea in bone marrow transplant recipients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Ansorg, R ^a   Rath, P M ^a   Runde, V ^a   Beelen, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Intestinal decontamination; Methanogenic Archaea; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; MEROPENEM; METHANE; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DECONTAMINATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; METHANE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037283826     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703797     Document Type: Review

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