Arthritis and non-antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis
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Roentgenographic features in antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis.
CASE PRESENTATIONS Case 1 . A 62-year-old woman with diabetes was admitted because of an infected toe. Physical examination was normal except for an ulceration of the left 4th toe. Routine laboratory studies revealed only elevated blood sugar and moderate ketonuria. A roentgenogram of the toe revealed osteomyelitis. The infection improved with clindamycin therapy (300 mg IV, t:d), and the toe w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780300920