Clostridium difficile Pericarditis Complicating Pseudomembranous Colitis in a Trauma Patient

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 771-

  Koehler, Richard ^a   Mone, Mary ^a   Kimball, Edward ^a   Vargo, Daniel ^a   Lonardo, Nick ^a   Barton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 0142147308     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000088859.47719.C8     Document Type: Article

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