Successful treatments with polymyxin B hemoperfusion and recombinant human thrombomodulin for fulminant Clostridium difficile-associated colitis with septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation: a case report

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile (CD)‐associated colitis (CDAC) is endemic and a common nosocomial enteric disease encountered by surgeons in modern hospitals due to prophylactic or therapeutic antibiotic therapies. Currently, the incidence of fulminant CDAC, which readily causes septic shock follo...

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Published in:Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Minami, Kazuhito, Sakaguchi, Yoshihisa, Yoshida, Daisuke, Yamamoto, Manabu, Ikebe, Masahiko, Morita, Masaru, Toh, Yasushi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965360/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27468959
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0199-5
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