Perianal fistulas in Crohn's disease are predominantly colonized by skin flora: Implications for antibiotic treatment?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1260-1263

  West, R L ^a   Van Der Woude, C J ^a   Endtz, H Ph ^a   Hansen, B E ^a   Ouwedijk, M ^a   Boelens, H A M ^a   Kusters, J G ^a   Kuipers, E J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Crohn's disease; Perianal fistulas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLIXIMAB; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIPHTHERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM FISTULA; SKIN;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CROHN DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL FISTULA; SKIN;

EID: 23044477075     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2769-4     Document Type: Article

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