Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea after living donor liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2072-2076

  Hashimoto, Masao ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Matsui, Yuichi ^a   Togashi, Junichi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34249061999     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i14.2072     Document Type: Article

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