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champ intestinal

English translation: intestinal tract

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French term or phrase:champ intestinal
English translation:intestinal tract
Entered by: Nicholas Ferreira

19:18 Mar 20, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / spread of bacteria
French term or phrase: champ intestinal
I am translating a report on the spread of bacteria in hospital, and the section I am working on is titled: "Good Practices for Use of Antibiotics."

This is the sentence:
Des notes de service et des rencontres entre l'équipe de prévention de l'établissement et ses médecins apparaissent cependant nécessaires pour rappeler à ces derniers que la prise d'antibiotiques à large spectre laisse le champ libre à la prolifération du Clostridium difficile qui envahit ainsi le **champ intestinal** du patient déjà affaibli.

My attempted translation:
However, it would seems that department memos and meetings of the hospital prevention team and its doctors are necessary to remind them that the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics leaves the door open to the spread of Clostridium difficile which then overruns the ... of the already-weakened patient.

GDT suggests "intestinal drape" which does not make sense to me, since it seems the text is referring to part of the patient, not something placed in them. Any suggestions?
Nicholas Ferreira
Canada
Local time: 22:03
intestinal tract
Explanation:
I agree that "drape" doesn't fit in this context, nor does "field"; it seems to me they just mean the patient's intestine.
Selected response from:

Debbie Tacium Ladry
Local time: 22:03
Grading comment
Thanks very much. You were all very helpful.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10intestinal tract
Debbie Tacium Ladry
4intestinal area
Drmanu49


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
intestinal tract


Explanation:
I agree that "drape" doesn't fit in this context, nor does "field"; it seems to me they just mean the patient's intestine.

Debbie Tacium Ladry
Local time: 22:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 256
Grading comment
Thanks very much. You were all very helpful.

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agree  Victoria Porter-Burns:
13 mins
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agree  ibrahime95
26 mins
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agree  franglish
43 mins
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agree  Katarina Peters
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agree  Michael Lotz
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agree  sktrans
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agree  Michael Barnett
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agree  Patrice
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agree  adell
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agree  Gina W: exactly
5 days
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
intestinal area


Explanation:
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that nontoxigenic isolates from the intestine and .... Extra-intestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile. ...
www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=149614

Posted: 08/23/06 - 23:00 Post subject: Clostridium difficile intestinal infection, Reply with quote ... Lower back pain radiating to front intestinal area ...
www.steadyhealth.com/Clostridium_difficile_intestinal_infec... - 33k -

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-03-20 19:49:45 GMT)
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or eventually peritoneal

Clostridium difficile colitis mimicking acute peritonitis. M. S. Drapkin, M. G. Worthington, T. W. Chang and S. A. Razvi. Five patients receiving penicillin ...
archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/120/11/1321

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 04:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 5346
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