Impact of emergency colectomy on survival of patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Lamontagne, François ^a   Labbé, Annie Claude ^b,c   Haeck, Olivier ^b   Lesur, Olivier ^a   Lalancette, Mathieu ^a   Patino, Carlos ^c   Leblanc, Martine ^b   Laverdière, Michel ^c   Pépin, Jacques ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846436449     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000236628.79550.e5     Document Type: Article

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