Clostridium difficile colitis in solid organ transplantation - A single-center experience

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3231-3236

  Stelzmueller, I ^a   Goegele, H ^a   Biebl, M ^a   Wiesmayr, S ^a   Berger, N ^a   Tabarelli, W ^a   Ruttmann, E ^a   Albright, J ^b   Margreiter, R ^a   Fille, M ^a   Bonatti, H ^a,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colonic resection; Pseudomembranous colitis; Solid organ transplantation; Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34848890035     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9770-z     Document Type: Article

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