Fecal microbiota transplantation: Is there a role in the eradication of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae intestinal carriage?

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 392-393

  Ponte, Ana ^a   Pinho, Rolando ^a   Mota, Margarida ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae; Clostridium difficile infection; Fecal microbiota transplantation

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COMPLICATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AGED; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 85025656510     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2017.4425/2016     Document Type: Letter

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