Fulminant clostridium difficile colitis in a post-liver transplant patient

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2459-2462

  Lee, Maximilian ^a   Shelton, Andrew A ^b   Concepcion, Waldo L ^b   Bonham, Clark A ^b   Daugherty, Tami J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ERTAPENEM; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOOSE FECES; MALAISE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLECTOMY; COLON; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956183878     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1318-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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