A unique strain of community-acquired Clostridium difficile in severe complicated infection and death of a young adult

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is the major cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhoea with the potential risk of progressing to severe clinical outcomes including death. It is not unusual for Clostridium difficile infection to progress to complications of toxic megacolon, bowel perforat...

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Autores principales: Heslop, Orville D, Roye-Green, Karen, Coard, Kathleen, Mulvey, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23815405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-299

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23815405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-299

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