Conservative surgical treatment for toxic megacolon due to Clostridium difficile infection in a transplanted pediatric patient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Castillo, A ^a   Lopez J ^a   Panadero, E ^a   Cerda J ^a   Padilla, B ^a   Bustinza, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Conservative surgery; Pediatric transplant; Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EVEROLIMUS; FENTANYL; GANCICLOVIR; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; NORADRENALIN; NYSTATIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; VECURONIUM;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECOSTOMY; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIARRHEA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOXIC MEGACOLON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CECOSTOMY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MEGACOLON, TOXIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865184140     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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