Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Alonso, Carolyn D ^a   Kamboj, Mini ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile infection; Colitis; Diarrhea; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BUSULFAN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FIDAXOMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAXIMIN; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES MICROFLORA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84901733915     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-014-0414-0     Document Type: Review

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