Chapter-21 Surgical management of Clostridium difficile colitis
BOOK TITLE: Reoperative Abdominal Surgery
Author
1. O’Connell P. Ronan
2. Gié Olivier
ISBN
9781907816550
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12314_21
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2014
Pages
8
Author Affiliations
1.
School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin; Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2.
CHUV – Lausanne, Switzerland
Chapter keywords
Clostridium difficile colitis,
gram-positive anaerobic bacillus,
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,
computed tomography scanning,
colonoscopy,
intravenous immunoglobulin,
monoclonal antibodies,
laparoscopy,
subtotal colectomy