Who are susceptible to pseudomembranous colitis among patients with presumed antibiotic-associated diarrhea?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1552-1558

  Lee, Ki Sung ^a   Shin, Woon Geon ^a   Jang, Myoung Kuk ^a   Kim, Hyoung Su ^a   Kim, Hee Seon ^a   Park, Chi Jun ^a   Lee, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Kyung Ho ^a   Park, Joon Young ^a   Lee, Jin Heon ^a   Kim, Hak Yang ^a   Cho, Sung Jin ^a   Yoo, Jae Young ^a  

^a Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhea; Pseudomembranous colitis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751293645     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0694-z     Document Type: Article

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