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Pseudomembranous colitis. Searching for the cause in a patient with gynaecologic carcinoma on radiation therapy
DOI 10.1055/s-0031-1278514
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Autor:innenA Székely, A Taller
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe05/2011
Jahrgang / SeitenNicht angegeben
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Background: Clostridium difficile is the pathogen most often responsible for nosocomially acquired diarrhoea. Cl. difficile associated diarrhoea (CDAD) varies from mild, spontaneously resolving diarrhoea to pseudomembranous colitis (PMC), toxic megacolon or colonic perforation. Risk factors implicated in the development of CDAD are antibiotics, immunosuppression, and underlying malignancy, increasing age, female gen…
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A Székely, A Taller (2011) Pseudomembranous colitis. Searching for the cause in a patient with gynaecologic carcinoma on radiation therapy. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (05). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1278514
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