Clostridium difficile colitis after aortic surgery

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-220

  Bulstrode, N W ^a   Bradbury, A W ^a   Barrett, S ^a   Stansby, G ^a   Mansfield, A O ^a   Nicolaides, A N ^a   Wolfe, J H N ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; Clostridium difficile colitis; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030801166     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-5884(97)80195-5     Document Type: Article

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