A case of toxic megacolon secondary to Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea worsened after administration of an antimotility agent and molecular analysis of recovered isolates [1]

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 507-508

  Kato, Hideaki ^a,b   Kato, Haru ^c   Nakamura, Makoto ^b   Nakamura, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; CEFOTIAM; CLINDAMYCIN; DOCETAXEL; LOPERAMIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LETTER; LOOSE FECES; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC;

EID: 34447333907     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-007-2037-9     Document Type: Letter

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