Colitis associated to chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 710-712

  Trevisani, Franco ^a   Simoncini, Mara ^a   Alampi, Giulia ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; C. difficile; Chemotherapy; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON CANCER; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030928207     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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