Fecal microbiota transplant for clostridium difficile colitis-induced toxic megacolon

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 775-777

  Costello, S P ^a   Chung, A ^b   Andrews, J M ^c,d   Fraser, R J ^b,e  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANT; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; PUSH ENTEROSCOPE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SHOCK; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TACHYCARDIA; TOXIC MEGACOLON; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COMPLICATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84928894790     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.70     Document Type: Letter

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