Outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in recipients of solid abdominal organ transplants

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-273

  Hsu, Jennifer L ^a   Enser, James J ^b   Mckown, Trevor ^b   Leverson, Glen E ^b   Pirsch, John D ^b   Hess, Timothy M ^b   Safdar, Nasia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal organ transplant; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Mortality; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; MORTALITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84895077204     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12309     Document Type: Article

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