{"title":"Fulminant clostridioides difficile colitis in an obese patient with previous bilio-pancreatic diversion","authors":"D. Del Fabbro","doi":"10.52768/2379-1039/1970","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Clostridioides difficile infection is a common nosocomial infection, generally related to prolonged antibiotic therapy. Over the past decade, increasing rates of healthcare associated C.difficile colitis have been observed. Most cases are treated medically with antibiotic and supportive therapy","PeriodicalId":90942,"journal":{"name":"Open journal of clinical & medical case reports","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open journal of clinical & medical case reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2379-1039/1970","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Clostridioides difficile infection is a common nosocomial infection, generally related to prolonged antibiotic therapy. Over the past decade, increasing rates of healthcare associated C.difficile colitis have been observed. Most cases are treated medically with antibiotic and supportive therapy