Can Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) Eradicate Fecal Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1519-1521

  Sohn, Kyung Mok ^a   Cheon, Shinhye ^a   Kim, Yeon Sook ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 85000716061     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.229     Document Type: Letter

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