Prevalence and clinical impact of endoscopic pseudomembranes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and Clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-198

  Ben Horin, Shomron ^a   Margalit, Maya ^b   Bossuyt, Peter ^c   Maul, Jochen ^d   Shapira, Yami ^e   Bojic, Daniela ^f   Chermesh, Irit ^g   Al Rifai, Ahmad ^h   Schoepfer, Alain ⁱ   Bosani, Matteo ^j   Allez, Matthieu ^k   Lakatos, Peter Laszlo ^l   Bossa, Fabrizio ^m   Eser, Alexander ⁿ   Stefanelli, Tommaso ^o   Carbonnel, Franck ^p   Katsanos, Konstantinos ^q   Checchin, Davide ^r   de Miera, Inés Sáenz ^s   Reinisch, Walter ⁿ   Chowers, Yehuda ^g   Moran, Gordon William ^t   more..

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f ZVEZDARA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Serbia)

^g TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^h Salford NHS University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^l SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^m CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^r UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^s HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; ; Infection; Inflammatory bowel disease;

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952241224     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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