Recurrence and virulence of colonic diverticulitis in immunocompromised patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-179

  Biondo, Sebastiano ^a   Borao, Jaime Lopez ^a   Kreisler, Esther ^a   Golda, Thomas ^a   Millan, Monica ^a   Frago, Ricardo ^a   Fraccalvieri, Domenico ^a   Guardiola, Jordi ^a   Jaurrieta, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colonic diverticulitis; emergency surgery; immunosuppression; recurrence; severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863983419     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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