Letter: Faecal microbiota transplantation in combination with fidaxomicin to treat severe complicated recurrent Clostridium difficile infection - Authors' reply

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1031-

  Fischer, M ^a   Rex, D K ^a   Sipe, B W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Munster Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIDAXOMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84941695435     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.13383     Document Type: Letter

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