Clostridium difficile enteritis: A review and pooled analysis of the cases

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 52-55

  Kim, J H ^a   Muder, R R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Enteritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLECTOMY; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 79956355437     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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