Injudicious antibiotic use leading to fulminating Clostridium difficile infection: a case report

The case illustrates the myriad of fulminating complications due to Clostridium difficile infection in a previously healthy individual without any risk factors. Community acquired Clostridium difficile infection can occur even many weeks after the course of broad spectrum antibiotics. There is no de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kolli, Sreedhar, Mallipedhi, Akhila, Thomas, Rhys, Reddy, Male Kishore
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181200
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7978
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Sumario:The case illustrates the myriad of fulminating complications due to Clostridium difficile infection in a previously healthy individual without any risk factors. Community acquired Clostridium difficile infection can occur even many weeks after the course of broad spectrum antibiotics. There is no definitive pattern or guidelines to predict who would develop the fulminating complications.

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