Fecal microbiome transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection: Report on a case series

Anaerobe

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-26

  Rubin, Timothy A ^a   Gessert, Charles E ^b   Aas, Johannes ^a   Bakken, Johan S ^c  

^a Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^b ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c St Luke's Infectious Disease Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Clostridium difficile; Probiotic; Stool flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FECES MICROFLORA; FECES MICROFLORA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOME; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; METAGENOME; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84872818314     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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