Fecal Transplantation for Clostridium Difficile - "all Stool May Not Be Created Equal"

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-108

  Gathe, Joseph C ^a   Diejomaoh, Efemena M ^a   Mayberry, Carl C ^a   Clemmons, John B ^a  

^a Therapeutic Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

colonoscopy; diarrhea; HIV; immunocompromised patient; pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DIARRHEA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962490092     PISSN: 23259574     EISSN: 23259582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2325957415627695     Document Type: Article

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