Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
"Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous" by people in Profiles.
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A Comprehensive Assessment Across the Healthcare Continuum: Risk of Hospital-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Due to Outpatient and Inpatient Antibiotic Exposure. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Dec; 36(12):1409-16.
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Clostridium difficile Infection Among Veterans Health Administration Patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Sep; 36(9):1038-45.
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Predicting the risk of Clostridium difficile infection following an outpatient visit: development and external validation of a pragmatic, prognostic risk score. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Mar; 21(3):256-62.
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Incidence of polymerase chain reaction-diagnosed Clostridium difficile in a large high-risk cohort, 2011-2012. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Sep; 89(9):1229-38.
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Epidemiology and healthcare costs of incident Clostridium difficile infections identified in the outpatient healthcare setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Oct; 33(10):1031-8.
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Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: a nested case-control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Jul 15; 11:194.
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Trends in Clostridium difficile infection among peripartum women. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May; 31(5):532-4.
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Case-control study of antibiotic use and subsequent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan; 29(1):44-50.
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Clostridium difficile-associated disease in patients in a small rural hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Nov; 28(11):1236-9.