Concomitant Clostridium difficile colitis and cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent elderly female

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kurtz, Maria ^a   Morgan, Mackenzie ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; FIDAXOMICIN; GANCICLOVIR; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872591623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007273     Document Type: Article

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