Surgery as the final option for treatment of clostridium-difficile-associated pseudomembranous colitis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 222-228

  Wilmanns, C ^a   Schoffel U ^a   Farthmann, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diversion; Endoscopic decompression; Pseudomembranous colitis; Subtotal colectomy; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEUS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONITIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

EID: 0030839602     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172549     Document Type: Article

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