Recurrent pseudomembranous colitis as a cause of recurrent severe sepsis;Rezidivierende pseudomembranöse kolitis als ursache einer rezidivierenden schweren sepsis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Eckel, Florian ^a   Huber, W ^a   Weiss, W ^a   Lersch, C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis; Recurrence; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SEPSIS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036093551     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-25147     Document Type: Article

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