Bacteremia due to Clostridium difficile-review of the literature

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Libby, Donice B ^a   Bearman, Gonzalo ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Clostridium difficile; Extracolonic; Extraintestinal

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMIPENEM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PEFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; URINE CULTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 68949169358     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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