Thiopurine therapy is associated with postoperative intra-abdominal septic complications in abdominal surgery for crohn's disease

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1387-1394

  Myrelid, Pär ^a   Olaison, Gunnar ^b   Sjödahl, Rune ^a   Nyström, Per Olof ^c   Almer, Sven ^a   Andersson, Peter ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anastomosis, surgical; Crohn's disease; Immunosuppression; Postoperative complications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; ABDOMEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149164520     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181a7ba96     Document Type: Article

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