Is colectomy for fulminantClostridium difficilecolitis life saving? A systematic review

A Multicenter Study of Clostridium difficile Infection–Related Colectomy, 2000–2006

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Impact of hospital-acquiredClostridium difficile

(2012) Michael J Lipp et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

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(2011) Matthew D. Neal et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Risk Factors for Mortality Following Emergency Colectomy for Fulminant Clostridium difficile Infection

(2011) Jacques Pepin et al.   DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

In-Hospital and 6-Month Mortality Rates After Open Elective vs Open Emergent Colectomy in Patients Older Than 80 Years

(2011) Ashwin Kurian et al.   DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

Surgical aspects of fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis

(2010) Parag Butala et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Predictors of Death afterClostridium difficileInfection: A Report on 128 Strain‐Typed Cases from a Teaching Hospital in the United Kingdom

(2010) Vhairi Wilson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Thirty-day mortality of Clostridium difficile infection in a UK National Health Service Foundation Trust between 2002 and 2008

(2010) A.P. McGowan et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

A review of mortality due to Clostridium difficile infection

(2010) J.A. Karas et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Early colectomy may be associated with improved survival in fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: an 8-year experience

(2009) Christopher W. Seder et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis

(2009) Elizabeth A. Sailhamer   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Health Care–AssociatedClostridium difficileInfection in Canada: Patient Age and Infecting Strain Type Are Highly Predictive of Severe Outcome and Mortality

(2009) Mark Miller et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mortality and risk stratification in patients withClostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea

(2009) S. Bhangu et al.   Colorectal Disease

Clostridium difficile-associated disease and mortality among the elderly critically ill

(2009) Marya D. Zilberberg et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

C. difficile Colitis—Predictors of Fatal Outcome

(2009) Haig Dudukgian et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

Clinical Review of the Management of FulminantClostridium difficileInfection

(2008) M. Raffat Jaber et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Outcome of colectomy for Clostridium difficile colitis: a plea for early surgical management

(2008) Jason F. Hall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Predictors of Mortality After Colectomy for Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis

(2008) John C. Byrn   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Defining Surgical Therapy for Pseudomembranous Colitis With Toxic Megacolon

(2008) Loren Berman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Mortality of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea: the impact of Clostridium difficile

(2008) J. Bishara et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Risk factors for the development of fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis

(2008) Alexander J. Greenstein et al.   SURGERY