Pseudomembranous colitis in four patients with cystic fibrosis following lung transplantation

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Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-556

  Yates, B ^a   Murphy, D M ^a   Fisher, A J ^a   Gould, F K ^a   Lordan, J L ^a   Dark, J H ^a   Corris, Paul A ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CASPOFUNGIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIATRIZOATE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MECONIUM ILEUS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250310740     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.048652     Document Type: Article

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