Severe diarrhea and shock

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Vora, Surabhi ^a   Glikman, Danny ^a   Kahanna, Madelyn ^b   Dawn, Robert S ^a  

^a Section of Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

^b Critical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Enema; Toxic megacolon; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; BACITRACIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOPAMINE; ENEMA; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFUSION FLUID; LOPERAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MILRINONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33644916916     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000202201.34027.83     Document Type: Article

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