Leukocytosis as a harbinger and surrogate marker of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients with diarrhea

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3137-3141

  Bulusu, Mamatha ^a,b   Narayan, Surabhi ^a,b   Shetler, Katerina ^a,b   Triadafilopoulos, George ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033761207     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02077-3     Document Type: Article

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