Increasing Incidence of and Increased Mortality Associated With Clostridium difficile-Associated Megacolon

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Service, The Center for Innovations in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Safety, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana2Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
² Regenstrief Institute, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis.
³ Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
⁴ Wound Care Center, University General Hospital, Houston, Texas.

SreyRam Kuy et al. JAMA Surg. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;151(1):85-6.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2677.

¹ Surgical Service, The Center for Innovations in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Safety, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana2Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
² Regenstrief Institute, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis.
³ Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
⁴ Wound Care Center, University General Hospital, Houston, Texas.

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Comment in

[Clostridium difficile are on the rise].
Storr M. Storr M. MMW Fortschr Med. 2015 Nov 12;157 Spec No 2:49. doi: 10.1007/s15006-015-3791-x. MMW Fortschr Med. 2015. PMID: 26953476 German. No abstract available.