Risk factors for severity and relapse of pseudomembranous colitis in an elderly population

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Abstract
Pseudomembranous colitis is an important complication of antibiotic therapy and is associated with high mortality and recurrence rate, especially in old and debilitated persons. Pre-admission NGT feeding, severe leucocytosis and hypoalbuminaemia on admission are associated with increased mortality. …
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Authors Moshkowitz M;Ben-Baruch E;Kline Z;Shimoni Z;Niven M;Konikoff F;;
Journal Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Year 2007
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine female male aged Recurrence risk factors linear models chi-square distribution anti-bacterial agents / adverse effects cross infection / epidemiology enterocolitis pseudomembranous / epidemiology* pseudomembranous / diagnosis pseudomembranous / microbiology pmid:17223943 doi:10.1111/j.1463-1318.2006.01013.x m moshkowitz e ben-baruch f konikoff clostridioides difficile / drug effects clostridium infections / drug therapy sigmoidoscopy

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