PMID- 24926170
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140613
LR  - 20240321
IS  - 0974-777X (Print)
IS  - 0974-8245 (Electronic)
IS  - 0974-777X (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2014 Apr
TI  - Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of severe clostridium difficile 
      colitis.
PG  - 82-5
LID - 10.4103/0974-777X.132053 [doi]
AB  - Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been utilized in patients with recurrent 
      and refractory Clostridium difficile colitis. It is increasingly being used in 
      patients with initial clinical presentation of severe colitis. Herein, we report 
      a case of severe C. Difficile colitis successfully treated with IVIG with a 
      review of the medical literature to identify the optimal timing and clinical 
      characteristics for this treatment strategy.
FAU - Shah, Nihar
AU  - Shah N
AD  - Department of Gastroenterology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, School of Health 
      and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.
FAU - Shaaban, Hamid
AU  - Shaaban H
AD  - Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, School of 
      Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.
FAU - Spira, Robert
AU  - Spira R
AD  - Department of Gastroenterology, Saint Michael's Medical Center, School of Health 
      and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.
FAU - Slim, Jihad
AU  - Slim J
AD  - Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, School of 
      Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.
FAU - Boghossian, Jack
AU  - Boghossian J
AD  - Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint Michael's Medical Center, School of 
      Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PL  - India
TA  - J Glob Infect Dis
JT  - Journal of global infectious diseases
JID - 101521436
PMC - PMC4049046
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Clostridium difficile
OT  - Colitis
OT  - Intravenous immunoglobulin
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2014/06/14 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/14 06:01
PMCR- 2014/04/01
CRDT- 2014/06/14 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JGID-6-82 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/0974-777X.132053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Glob Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;6(2):82-5. doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.132053.