Appendectomy and risk of clostridium difficile recurrence

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-32

  Fujii, Larissa ^a   Fasolino, John ^a   Crowell, Michael D ^b   Dibaise, John K ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

appendectomy; appendix; Clostridium difficile; recurrence

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

EID: 84872094446     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31826e80e0     Document Type: Article

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