National survey of practice of faecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection in the UK

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 444-445

  Quraishi, M N ^a   Segal, J ^b   Mullish, B ^c   McCune, V L ^d   Hawkey, P ^e   Colville, A ^f   Williams, H ^c   Hart, A ^b   Iqbal, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HPA Birmingham Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FECES; MICROFLORA; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85006860781     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.023     Document Type: Letter

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