Clostridium difficile Diarrhea Induced by Cancer Chemotherapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1715-1717

  Kamthan, Arvind G ^a   Bruckner, Howard W ^a   Hirschman, Shalom Z ^a   Agus, Saul G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LEVAMISOLE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON CANCER; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0026683552     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1992.00400200139025     Document Type: Article

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