Changes in microbiota composition, bile and fatty acid metabolism, in successful faecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridioides difficile infection

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Brown, Jillian R M ^a,b   Flemer, Burkhardt ^a,b   Joyce, Susan A ^a,b   Zulquernain, Akbar ^a,b   Sheehan, Donal ^a,b   Shanahan, Fergus ^a,b   O'Toole, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bile acids; Clostridioides difficile; Faecal microbiota transplantation; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; FIDAXOMICIN; LACTIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VANCOMYCIN; BILE ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BIOBANK; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIARRHEA; DONOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SPORE GERMINATION; YOUNG ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RECURRENT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85052602534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-018-0860-5     Document Type: Article

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