Low Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome after Clostridium difficile Infection

Thierry Piche; Geoffroy Vanbiervliet; Fernand Girard Pipau; Raffaella Dainese; Xavier Hébuterne; Patrick Rampal; Stephen M Collins

doi:10.1155/2007/262478

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2007)

Low Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome after Clostridium difficile Infection

Thierry Piche,
Geoffroy Vanbiervliet,
Fernand Girard Pipau,
Raffaella Dainese,
Xavier Hébuterne,
Patrick Rampal,
Stephen M Collins

Affiliations

Thierry Piche: Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Geoffroy Vanbiervliet: Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Fernand Girard Pipau: Department of Bacteriology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Raffaella Dainese: Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Xavier Hébuterne: Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, France
Patrick Rampal: Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, France
Stephen M Collins: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/262478
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 11
pp. 727 – 731

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: The incidence of postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ranges between 4% and 32% of individuals after bacterial or parasitic infection. This study analyzed IBS symptoms in hospitalized patients three months after a symptomatic Clostridium difficile infection.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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