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FulminantClostridium difficileinfection: An association with prior appendectomy?
Author(s) -
Jesse Clanton,
Michael Subichin,
Katherine Drolshagen,
Timothy Daley,
Michael S. Firstenberg
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v5.i8.233
Subject(s) - medicine , appendix , colectomy , fulminant , incidence (geometry) , clostridium difficile , pseudomembranous colitis , population , appendicitis , mortality rate , surgery , disease , gastroenterology , ulcerative colitis , paleontology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , optics , biology , antibiotics
To examine if fulminant Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) resulting in colectomy was associated with a prior appendectomy and whether any association affected the severity of the disease.

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