Does emergency colectomy reduce mortality in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease?

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Christina M Surawicz. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Oct.

. 2007 Oct;4(10):542-3.

doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0921. Epub 2007 Aug 21.

¹ University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. surawicz@u.washington.edu

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Impact of emergency colectomy on survival of patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain.
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