A 69-Year-Old Woman Presenting to the Hospital With 48 Hours of Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1046-1048

  Leffler, Daniel A ^a   Lamont, J Thomas ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLON DILATATION; COLON RESECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG COST; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOASSAY; LOOSE FECES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 70349554365     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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