Fecal microbiota transplant in patients with Clostridium difficile infection: A systematic review

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 756-764

  Chapman, Brandon C ^a   Moore, Hunter B ^a   Overbey, Douglas M ^a   Morton, Alex P ^a   Harnke, Ben ^b   Gerich, Mark E ^a   Vogel, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; colitis; fecal transplant

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOATING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEVER; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84989930078     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001195     Document Type: Review

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