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| Title |
Thinking beyond the colon-small bowel Involvement in clostridium difficile infection
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Gut Pathogens, March 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1757-4749-1-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Udayakumar Navaneethan, Ralph A Giannella |
| Abstract |
Small intestinal Clostridium difficile seems to be increasing in incidence. The spectrum of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has definitely expanded with small bowel involvement. They are more frequently reported in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who have undergone total colectomy or patients with Ileal anal pouch anastomosis. The most common presentation is increased ileostomy output with associated dehydration. High clinical suspicion, early recognition and appropriate treatment are the keys to successful resolution. The increase in the number of these patients may actually reflect an increase in the rising incidence of CDI in general or increasing virulence of the organism. Heightened public awareness and initiation of prompt preventive measures are the keystones to control of this infection. This disease is no longer limited to the colon and physicians should be educated to think beyond the colon in patients with CDI. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 28 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 26 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 14% |
| Researcher | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 39% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 18% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 7% |
| Psychology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Unknown | 3 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 February 2015.
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