Bacteremia due to Clostridium difficile: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Medicine: Case Reports

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Daruwala, Cherag ^a   Mercogliano, Giancarlo ^a   Newman, Gary ^a   Ingerman, Mark J ^a  

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Clostridium difficile; Crohn's disease

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; GENTAMICIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JEJUNUM CANCER; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LAPAROTOMY; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 63349091258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/ccrep.s2204     Document Type: Article

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