Five Years Experience of Clostridium difficile Infection in Children at a UK Tertiary Hospital: Proposed Criteria for Diagnosis and Management

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in adults. There is increasing evidence of the pathogenic role of C. difficile in the paediatric population. We sought to ascertain the clinical presentation and severity of CDI in children at ou...

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Autores principales: Pai, Sumita, Aliyu, Sani Hussaini, Enoch, David Andrew, Karas, Johannis Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051728

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