A rare presentation of ischemic pseudomembranous colitis due to Escherichia coli O157:H7

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-219

  Kendrick, Jessica B ^a   Risbano, Michael ^a   Groshong, Steve D ^b   Frankel, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE NECROSIS; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RARE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANASTOMOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447101743     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518990     Document Type: Article

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