Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection

Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection

Abstract In fulminant Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), early diagnosis is important, and early diagnosis could save fulminant CDI patients that do not qualify for surgery due to severe complicating conditions by conservative antibiotic therapy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kazutaka Fukushima, Ryota Inokuchi, Ichiro Hirayama, Takahiro Hiruma, Kent Doi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
colitis
enzyme immunoassay
toxin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3613
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spelling doaj-79c24f467b6c49769d24013b087c719f2021-02-08T11:42:41ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-02-019272973110.1002/ccr3.3613Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infectionKazutaka Fukushima0Ryota Inokuchi1Ichiro Hirayama2Takahiro Hiruma3Kent Doi4Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine The University of Tokyo Hospital Bunkyo‐ku JapanDepartment of Health Services Research Faculty of Medicine University of Tsukuba Tsukuba JapanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine The University of Tokyo Hospital Bunkyo‐ku JapanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine The University of Tokyo Hospital Bunkyo‐ku JapanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine The University of Tokyo Hospital Bunkyo‐ku JapanAbstract In fulminant Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), early diagnosis is important, and early diagnosis could save fulminant CDI patients that do not qualify for surgery due to severe complicating conditions by conservative antibiotic therapy.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3613colitisenzyme immunoassaytoxin
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Ryota Inokuchi
Ichiro Hirayama
Takahiro Hiruma
Kent Doi
spellingShingle Kazutaka Fukushima
Ryota Inokuchi
Ichiro Hirayama
Takahiro Hiruma
Kent Doi
Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
Clinical Case Reports
colitis
enzyme immunoassay
toxin
author_facet Kazutaka Fukushima
Ryota Inokuchi
Ichiro Hirayama
Takahiro Hiruma
Kent Doi
author_sort Kazutaka Fukushima
title Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
title_short Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
title_full Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
title_fullStr Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
title_full_unstemmed Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant Clostridium difficile infection
title_sort early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment for fulminant clostridium difficile infection
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2021-02-01
description Abstract In fulminant Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), early diagnosis is important, and early diagnosis could save fulminant CDI patients that do not qualify for surgery due to severe complicating conditions by conservative antibiotic therapy.
topic colitis
enzyme immunoassay
toxin
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3613
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