Severe refractory Clostridium difficile infection with good response to fecal microbiota transplantation: A case report

Journal of Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-62

  Asonuma, Kunio ^a   Kuroki, Yuichiro ^a   Ino, Satoshi ^a   Hanamura, Shotaro ^a   Takano, Yuichi ^a   Yamamura, Eiichi ^a   Gomi, Kuniyo ^a   Nagahama, Masatsugu ^a   Inoue, Kazuaki ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEVER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85013698873     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: 13497693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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