Toxic megacolon complicating pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1033-1038

  Trudel, Judith L ^a   DeschÊnes, Marc ^a   Mayrand, Serge ^a   Barkun, Alan N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous enterocolitis; Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

ADULT; AGED; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0028834610     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02133974     Document Type: Article

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