Clostridium difficileInfection Worsens the Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis
Author(s) -
María E. Negrón,
Herman W. Barkema,
Kevin P. Rioux,
Jeroen De Buck,
Sylvia Checkley,
MarieClaude Proulx,
Alexandra Frolkis,
Paul L. Beck,
Levinus A. Dieleman,
Remo Panaccione,
Subrata Ghosh,
Gilaad G. Kaplan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.921
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 2291-2797
pISSN - 2291-2789
DOI - 10.1155/2014/914303
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , colectomy , ulcerative colitis , logistic regression , colitis , disease , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The impact of Clostridium difficile infections among ulcerative colitis (UC) patients is well characterized. However, there is little knowledge regarding the association between C difficile infections and postoperative complications among UC patients.
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