A case of Clostridium difficile infection complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with fecal microbiota transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 12687-12690

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Gweon, Tae Geun ^a   Yeo, Chang Dong ^b   Cho, Young Seok ^b   Kim, Gi Jun ^a   Kim, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Jong Wook ^a   Kim, Hyunho ^a   Lee, Hye Won ^a   Lim, Taeseok ^a   Ham, Hyoju ^a   Oh, Hyun Jin ^a   Lee, Yeongbok ^a   Byeon, Jaeho ^a   Park, Sung Soo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Clostridium difficile infection; Fecal microbiota transplantation

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTA; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COLON; DUODENOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON; DUODENOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84909592648     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i35.12687     Document Type: Article

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