Clostridium difficile colitis: An increasing hospital-acquired illness

Colitis caused by itClostridium difficile is receiving increased attention as a nosocomial hospital-acquired infection. To determine the incidence of C difficile colitis in our facility and the relative proportion of patients dying from the colitis or requiring colectomy for it, we retrospectively r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of surgery 1995-05, Vol.169 (5), p.480-483
Hauptverfasser:	Jobe, Blair A., Grasley, Andrew, Deveney, Karen E., Deveney, Clifford W., Sheppard, Brett C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Biological and medical sciences Cephalosporins Cephalosporins - adverse effects Cephalosporins - therapeutic use Child Child, Preschool Cholestyramine Resin - therapeutic use Colitis Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - etiology Cross Infection - therapy Drug Therapy, Combination Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - epidemiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - etiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - therapy Female Fluid Therapy Hospital Mortality Hospitals Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - adverse effects Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Incidence Infant Inflammatory bowel disease Male Medical sciences Metronidazole - therapeutic use Middle Aged Mortality Nosocomial infection Patients Premedication - adverse effects Prophylaxis Retrospective Studies Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the digestive system Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods Survival Rate Vancomycin - therapeutic use
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