The correlation between Clostridium-difficile infection and human gut concentrations of Bacteroidetes phylum and clostridial species

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 377-383

  Goldberg, E ^a,b   Amir, I ^b   Zafran, M ^a   Gophna, U ^b   Samra, Z ^a,b   Pitlik, S ^a,b   Bishara, J ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTEROIDETES; CARRIER STATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896697314     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1966-x     Document Type: Article

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