Current role of surgery for the treatment of fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 949-956

  Wang, Ming Fei ^a   Ding, Zhao ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Jiang, Cong Qing ^a   Liu, Zhi Su ^a   Qian, Qun ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis; Mortality; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEGACOLON; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS;

EID: 84875362463     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20111537     Document Type: Review

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