 Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
"Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute inflammation of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA that is characterized by the presence of pseudomembranes or plaques in the SMALL INTESTINE (pseudomembranous enteritis) and the LARGE INTESTINE (pseudomembranous colitis). It is commonly associated with antibiotic therapy and CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE colonization.
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D004761
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.222.310 C06.405.205.596.800 C06.405.469.363.800
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous" by people in Profiles.
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Pham VP, Luce AM, Ruppelt SC, Wei W, Aitken SL, Musick WL, Roux RK, Garey KW. Age-Stratified Treatment Response Rates in Hospitalized Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection Treated with Metronidazole. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Oct; 59(10):6113-6.
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Wang X, Yamamoto Y, Wilson LH, Zhang T, Howitt BE, Farrow MA, Kern F, Ning G, Hong Y, Khor CC, Chevalier B, Bertrand D, Wu L, Nagarajan N, Sylvester FA, Hyams JS, Devers T, Bronson R, Lacy DB, Ho KY, Crum CP, McKeon F, Xian W. Cloning and variation of ground state intestinal stem cells. Nature. 2015 Jun 11; 522(7555):173-8.
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Yu H, Chen K, Wu J, Yang Z, Shi L, Barlow LL, Aronoff DM, Garey KW, Savidge TC, von Rosenvinge EC, Kelly CP, Feng H. Identification of toxemia in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0124235.
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Koo HL, Van JN, Zhao M, Ye X, Revell PA, Jiang ZD, Grimes CZ, Koo DC, Lasco T, Kozinetz CA, Garey KW, DuPont HL. Real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization and rising C. difficile-associated disease rates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jun; 35(6):667-73.
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Huang JS, Jiang ZD, Garey KW, Lasco T, Dupont HL. Use of rifamycin drugs and development of infection by rifamycin-resistant strains of Clostridium difficile. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jun; 57(6):2690-3.
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Le F, Arora V, Shah DN, Salazar M, Palmer HR, Garey KW. A real-world evaluation of oral vancomycin for severe Clostridium difficile infection: implications for antibiotic stewardship programs. Pharmacotherapy. 2012 Feb; 32(2):129-34.
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Garey KW, Jiang ZD, Ghantoji S, Tam VH, Arora V, Dupont HL. A common polymorphism in the interleukin-8 gene promoter is associated with an increased risk for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 15; 51(12):1406-10.
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Koo HL, Garey KW, Dupont HL. Future novel therapeutic agents for Clostridium difficile infection. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Jul; 19(7):825-36.
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Jiang ZD, DuPont HL, La Rocco M, Garey KW. In vitro susceptibility of Clostridium difficile to rifaximin and rifampin in 359 consecutive isolates at a university hospital in Houston, Texas. J Clin Pathol. 2010 Apr; 63(4):355-8.
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Ghantoji SS, Sail K, Lairson DR, DuPont HL, Garey KW. Economic healthcare costs of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review. J Hosp Infect. 2010 Apr; 74(4):309-18.
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