Rifampin-associated pseudomembranous colitis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-158

  Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Lin, Wei Ru ^a   Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b   Wu, Jeng Yih ^a   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous colitis; Rifampin

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 69349093018     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31819f1eec     Document Type: Article

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