Decompressive colonoscopy with intracolonic vancomycin administration for the treatment of severe pseudomembranous colitis [4]

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1001-

  Cirocco, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTRACOLONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONOSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0346249689     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8715-z     Document Type: Letter

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4. Shetler K, Nieuwenhuis R, Wren SM, Triadafilopoulos G (2001) Decompressive colonoscopy with intracolonic vancomycin administration for the treatment of severe pseudomembranous colitis. Surg Endosc 15: 653-659