Intravenous immunoglobulin in treatment of Clostridium difficile colitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shahani, Lokesh ^a   Koirala, Janak ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE ACQUIRED DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84863737056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.10.2011.5052     Document Type: Article

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