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Toxic Megacolon

Toxic Megacolon is a severe, life-threatening complication of inflammatory bowel disease or infectious colitis characterized by colonic dilation and systemic toxicity due to transmural inflammation and impaired motility.

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2017–2026

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Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of three Clostridioides difficile strains isolated from a single patient provide insight into multiple infection of C. difficile

Uwe Groß, Elżbieta Brzuszkiewicz, Katrin Gunka et al. · BMC Genomics · 2018 · 740 citations · Full text

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Recommendations for Surveillance of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>–Associated Disease

L. Clifford McDonald, B. Coignard, Erik R. Dubberke et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2007 · 562 citations

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Clostridioides difficile exploits toxin-mediated inflammation to alter the host nutritional landscape and exclude competitors from the gut microbiota

Joshua R. Fletcher, Colleen M. Pike, Ruth Parsons et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 190 citations · Full text

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Faecal microbiota transplantation plus selected use of vancomycin for severe‐complicated <i>Clostridium difficile</i> infection: description of a protocol with high success rate

Monika Fischer, Brian Sipe, Nicholas Rogers et al. · Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2015 · 169 citations

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Surgical treatment of toxic megacolon

Rupert B. Turnbull, William A. Hawk, Frank L. Weakley · The American Journal of Surgery · 1971 · 166 citations

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Authors

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  1. PV
    Piero Vernia

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    5 publications · 210 citations

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  2. RC
    R. Caprilli

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    5 publications · 210 citations

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  3. HD
    Henry D. Janowitz

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

    4 publications · 230 citations

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  4. OC
    O. Colaneri

    Policlinico Umberto I, Italy

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  5. GK
    G Koudahl

    Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    3 publications · 68 citations

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Institutions

308

  1. Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    424 citations

  2. Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    364 citations

  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    182 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    234 citations

  6. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  7. Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

    Braunschweig, Germany

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    3.1K citations

  8. United States Department of Veterans Affairs

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    151 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 40 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Gastroenterology

    9 publications · 478 citations

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  3. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

    9 publications · 368 citations

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  4. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

    6 publications · 427 citations

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  5. The American Journal of Gastroenterology

    AJG · 6 publications · 215 citations

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