Antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis: A retrospective study of 48 colonoscopy-confirmed cases;LES COLITES PSEUDOMEMBRANEUSES ASSOCIEES A UNE ANTIBIOTHERAPIE: ETUDE RETROSPECTIVE DE 48 CAS DIAGNOSTIQUES PAR COLOSCOPIE

Therapie

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Andrejak, M ^a   Lafon, B ^a   Decocq, G ^a   Chetaille, E ^a   Dupas, J L ^a   Ducroix, J P ^a   Capron, J P ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibioitics; Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous colitis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUOROQUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; VOMITING; ADULT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029988525     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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