Recent developments on the role of Clostridium difficile in inflammatory bowel disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2794-2796

  Freeman, Hugh James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated colitis; Clostridium difficile colitis; Crohn's disease; Cytotoxin; Enterotoxin; Pseudomembranous colitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ILEITIS; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TYPHLITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 48049112817     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.2794     Document Type: Article

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