Clostridium difficile-related pancolitis in lung-transplanted patients with cystic fibrosis

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Patriarchi, F ^a   Rolla, M ^a   Maccioni, F ^b   Menichella, A ^a   Scacchi, C ^a   Ambrosini, A ^a   Costantino, A ^c   Quattrucci, S ^a  

^a Cystic Fibrosis Center   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile related colitis; Cystic fibrosis; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SERUM ALBUMIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCOLITIS; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551702776     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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