Patterns of gram-stained fecal flora as a quick diagnostic marker in patients with severe SIRS

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1782-1788

  Shimizu, Kentaro ^a,b   Ogura, Hiroshi ^b   Tomono, Kazunori ^b   Tasaki, Osamu ^b   Asahara, Takashi ^c   Nomoto, Koji ^c   Morotomi, Masami ^c   Matsushima, Asako ^d   Nakahori, Yasutaka ^b   Yamano, Shuhei ^b   Osuka, Akinori ^b   Kuwagata, Yasuyuki ^b   Sugimoto, Hisashi ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flora; Gram stain; Gut; Sepsis; Short chain fatty acids; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; LACTIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; VALERIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BURN; CANDIDA; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FECES; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENAZINES; STAINING AND LABELING; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 79959723298     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1486-9     Document Type: Article

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