Pseudomembranous colitis in cystic fibrosis

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 26-27

  Nagakumar, Prasad ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOR WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Children; Clostridium difficile; Cystic fibrosis; Diarrhoea; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MACROGOL 3350; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES CULTURE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCOLITIS; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE ADHESION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84878134985     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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