Clostridium difficile colitis causing toxic megacolon, severe sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Giles Dobson^{1

2}, Caroline Hickey³, John Trinder³

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¹ Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Department of Clinical Anaesthesia, The Royal Group of Hospitals, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 68A, Northern Ireland. gtdobson@hotmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, BT16 1RH, Belfast, Northern Ireland. gtdobson@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, BT16 1RH, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

PMID: 12734650
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1754-7

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Clostridium difficile colitis causing toxic megacolon, severe sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Giles Dobson et al. Intensive Care Med. 2003 Jun.

. 2003 Jun;29(6):1030.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-003-1754-7. Epub 2003 May 7.

Authors

Giles Dobson^{1

2}, Caroline Hickey³, John Trinder³

Affiliations

¹ Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Department of Clinical Anaesthesia, The Royal Group of Hospitals, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 68A, Northern Ireland. gtdobson@hotmail.com.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, BT16 1RH, Belfast, Northern Ireland. gtdobson@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, BT16 1RH, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

PMID: 12734650
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1754-7

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