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Does emergency colectomy reduce mortality in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease?

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boxed-textLamontagne F et al. (2007) Impact of emergency colectomy on survival of patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain. Ann Surg 245: 267–272

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Surawicz, C. Does emergency colectomy reduce mortality in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 542–543 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0921

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