Immune thrombocytopenia caused by fecal microbial transplantation in a patient with severe recurrent clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 888-889

  Malnick, Stephen D H ^a   Oppenheim, Amit ^a   Melzer, Ehud ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECAL MICROBIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84944038382     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000404     Document Type: Letter

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