Emergency colectomy in severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease: the sooner the better for some

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Christina M Surawicz. Gastroenterology. 2007 Aug.

. 2007 Aug;133(2):718-20.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.06.041.

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