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Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis in a Post-Liver Transplant Patient

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr., Always Bldg. M211, Stanford, CA, 94305-5187, USA

    Maximilian Lee & Tami J. Daugherty

  2. Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 875 Blake Wilbur Dr., Clinic B, Stanford, CA, 94305-5820, USA

    Andrew A. Shelton

  3. Multi-Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 750 Welch Rd., Suite 319, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1509, USA

    Waldo L. Concepcion & Clark A. Bonham

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Lee, M., Shelton, A.A., Concepcion, W.L. et al. Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis in a Post-Liver Transplant Patient. Dig Dis Sci 55, 2459–2462 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-010-1318-y

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