Rare extraintestinal infection caused by toxin-producing Clostridium difficile

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-303

  Urbán, Edit ^a   Terhes, Gabriella ^a   Markotics, Attila ^a   Sóki, József ^a   Nagy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anaerobic cultivation; Clostridium difficile; Extraintestinal infection; Toxin detection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSILOMETER TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; WOUND INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOT INJURIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 77953229991     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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