Clostridium difficile of the ileum following total abdominal colectomy, with or without proctectomy: Who is at risk?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-428

  Tsiouris, Athanasios ^a   Neale, Jeffrey A ^a   Reickert, Craig A ^a   Times, Melissa ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Colectomy; Enteritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RECTUM RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLECTOMY; COLITIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859776989     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31823f86a2     Document Type: Article

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