The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁶ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁸ Section of Colorectal Surgery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Vitaliy Poylin et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;64(6):650-668.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002047.

¹ Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
⁴ Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁶ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁸ Section of Colorectal Surgery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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