Is partial colectomy the operation of choice in pediatric Clostridium difficile colitis?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 603-607

  Lee, Justin ^a   Tashjian, David B ^a   Moriarty, Kevin P ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C; Clostridium difficile colitis; Colectomy; Diff; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTIAL COLECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLECTOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863982702     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-012-3097-3     Document Type: Article

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