Patients with Clostridium difficile infection and prior appendectomy may be prone to worse outcomes

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) occurs due to a dysbiosis in the colon. The appendix is considered a ‘safe house’ for gut microbiota and may help repopulate gut flora of patients with CDI. AIM: To study the impact of prior appendectomy on the severity and outcomes of CDI. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Danial Haris, Patel, Harish, Munshi, Rezwan, Sun, Haozhe, Mehershahi, Shehriyar, Baiomi, Ahmed, Alemam, Ahmed, Pirzada, Usman, Nawaz, Iqra, Naher, Kamrun, Hanumanthu, Siddarth, Nayudu, Suresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
Materias:
Retrospective Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34950432
http://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v13.i11.1436

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