Cephalosporin-Associated Pseudomembranous Colitis due to Clostridium difficile

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 242, Issue 24, 1979, Pages 2683-2685

  Bartlett, John G ^a   Willey, Sandra H ^a   Lowe, Bruce ^a   Chang, Wen ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFRADINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLESTYRAMINE; CYCLOSERINE; LINCOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UXAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; THERAPY;

CEPHALOSPORINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CYTOTOXINS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMAN;

EID: 0018583085     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03300240023018     Document Type: Article

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