Fecal microbiota transplantation in children with recurrent clostridium difficile infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1198-1200

  Pierog, Anne ^a   Mencin, Ali ^a   Reilly, Norelle Rizkalla ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Microbiome; Stool infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOPERAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOTA; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926135123     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000419     Document Type: Article

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