Clostridium difficile Infection Worsens the Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis

Maria Negron,Herman W. Barkema,Kevin P. Rioux,De Buck J,Sylvia Checkley,Marie-Claude Proulx,Alexandra D. Frolkis,Paul L. Beck,Levinus A. Dieleman,Remo Panaccione,Subrata Ghosh,Gilaad G. Kaplan

Clostridium difficile Infection Worsens the Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis

2014

Maria Negron
Herman W. Barkema
Kevin P. Rioux
De Buck J
Sylvia Checkley
Marie-Claude Proulx
Alexandra D. Frolkis
Paul L. Beck
Levinus A. Dieleman
Remo Panaccione
Subrata Ghosh
Gilaad G. Kaplan

BACKGROUND: The impact of Clostridium difficile infections among ulcerative colitis (UC) patients is well characterized. However, there is little knowledge regarding the association between C difficile infections and postoperative complications among UC patients.

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Diabetes mellitus
General surgery
Gastroenterology
Clostridium difficile infections
Fecal bacteriotherapy
Clostridium
Ulcerative colitis
Internal medicine
Medicine
Colectomy
Population
postoperative complication
clostridium difficile
Logistic regression
future studies

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