Clostridium difficile colitis in the critically ill

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 619-623

  Grundfest Broniatowski, S ^a   Quader, M ^a   Alexander, F ^a   Walsh, R M ^a   Lavery, I ^a   Milsom, J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; COLECTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0029939464     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02056938     Document Type: Article

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