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The impact of corticosteroid use on inpatients with inflammatory bowel disease and positive polymerase chain reaction for Clostridium difficile

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Optimal management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with concomitant Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is controversial, especially when CDI diagnosis is made by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, which may reflect colonization without infection. METHODS: We performed a...

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Autores principales: Lim, Huei-Wen, Schuster, Isaiah P., Rajapakse, Ramona, Monzur, Farah, Khan, Sundas, Sultan, Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30739437
http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2018.00101