Can quinolones cause hemorrhagic colitis of late onset? Report of three cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1502-1504

  Koga, Hideki ^a,c   Aoyagi, Kunihiko ^a   Yoshimura, Ryuji ^a   Kimura, Yutaka ^b   Iida, Mitsuo ^c   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kimura Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug induced colitis; Hemorrhagic colitis; Quinolones

Indexed keywords

ENOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOSUFLOXACIN TOSILATE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032711587     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235056     Document Type: Article

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