Two Patients with Fulminant Clostridium difficile Enteritis Who Had Not Undergone Total Colectomy: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Introduction. Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of healthcare associated infectious diarrhea, and its most common clinical manifestation is pseudomembranous colitis. Small bowel enteritis is reported infrequently in the literature and typically occurs only in patients who have undergone...
Main Authors: | Eliza W. Beal, Rosara Bass, Alan E. Harzman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Surgery |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/957257 |
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