Toxic megacolon complicating Escherichia coli O157 infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Nayar, Deepa M ^a   Vetrivel, Shanmu ^a   McElroy, Jack ^a   Pai, Pearl ^a   Koerner, Roland J ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; E. coli O157; HUS; Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENTERITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLITIS; COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; METRONIDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645280048     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.07.029     Document Type: Article

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