Faecal transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection. Three cases treated in Italy

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 475-

  Cammarota, Giovanni ^a   Ianiro, Gianluca ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Masucci, Luca ^a   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTESTINE FLORA; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; METAGENOME;

EID: 84898895557     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2013.12.011     Document Type: Letter

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