Clinical Predictors of Fulminant Colitis in Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection

BACKGROUND/AIM: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can affect up to 8% of hospitalized patients. Twenty-five percent CDI patients may develop C. difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) and 1–3% may progress to fulminant C. difficile colitis (FCDC). Once developed, FCDC has higher rates of complicati...

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Autores principales: Girotra, Mohit, Kumar, Vivek, Khan, Javaid M., Damisse, Pamela, Abraham, Rtika R., Aggarwal, Vikas, Dutta, Sudhir K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22421720
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.93820

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