Clostridium, a 'difficile' infection that can cause a reactive arthritis
| Autor: | Irina Lăpădat, Cristina Covaliov, Bianca Dumitrescu, Cristina Popescu, Cătălin Tilişcan, Raluca Năstase, Violeta Molagic, Victoria Aramă, Raluca Mihăilescu, Anca Ruxandra Negru |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology genetic structures biology business.industry Clostridium difficile biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Gastroenterology Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Medical microbiology Clostridium Internal medicine Poster Presentation Ceftriaxone medicine Reactive arthritis medicine.symptom business Chlamydia trachomatis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
| Popis: | Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and can be difficult to cure. Most patients with CDI present only colonopathy and in fewer cases extra intestinal features were described such as reactive arthritis (ReA). We present a series of cases with CDI-associated reactive arthritis (CDI-AReA), admitted between 2011-2014 in the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals”. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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