Clostridium difficile infections among adults and children in Mwanza/Tanzania: is it an underappreciated pathogen among immunocompromised patients in sub-Saharan Africa?

Little is known regarding the epidemiology Clostridium difficile in developing countries. Fresh stool samples from patients with diarrhoea were cultured anaerobically. C. difficile was detected in nine (6.4%) of 141 (95% confidence interval 4.2–13.1), of which seven (77.8%) were from children. HIV i...

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Autores principales: Seugendo, M., Mshana, S.E., Hokororo, A., Okamo, B., Mirambo, M.M., von Müller, L., Gunka, K., Zimmermann, O., Groß, U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.016

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4644260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.09.016

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