Indications and relative utility of lower endoscopy in the management of Clostridium difficile infection

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burkart, Nora E ^a,b   Kwaan, Mary R ^a   Shepela, Christopher ^a   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Rothenberger, David A ^a   Melton, Genevieve B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84855274910     PISSN: 16876121     EISSN: 1687630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/626582     Document Type: Article

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