Leukocytosis and Clostridium difficile - Associated diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3023-3024

  Bartlett, John G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0033759925     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02068-2     Document Type: Editorial

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