Long-term follow-up study of fecal microbiota transplantation for severe and/or complicated clostridium difficile infection: A multicenter experience

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 398-402

  Aroniadis, Olga C ^a   Brandt, Lawrence J ^a   Greenberg, Adam ^a   Borody, Thomas ^b   Kelly, Colleen R ^c   Mellow, Mark ^d   Surawicz, Christina ^e   Cagle, Leslie ^f   Neshatian, Leila ^g   Stollman, Neil ^h   Giovanelli, Andrea ^h   Ray, Arnab ⁱ   Smith, Robert ⁱ  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Centre for Digestive Diseases   (Australia)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h East Bay Center for Digestive Health   (United States)

ⁱ OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; Fecal microbiota transplantation; Infectious diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIDAXOMICIN; LOPERAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETREATMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84963679952     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000374     Document Type: Article

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