Open AccessFulminant Clostridium difficile: An Underappreciated and Increasing Cause of Death and Complications
Author(s) -
Ramsey M. Dallal,
Brian G. Harbrecht,
Arthur J. Boujoukas,
Carl Sirio,
Linda M. Farkas,
Kenneth K. Lee,
Richard L. Simmons
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200203000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile colitis , fulminant , colectomy , colitis , clostridium difficile , gastroenterology , ulcerative colitis , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , pseudomembranous colitis , toxic megacolon , surgery , disease , antibiotics , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To review the epidemiology and characteristics of patients who died or underwent colectomy secondary to fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis.