Clostridium difficile infection in cystic fibrosis: an uncommon but life‐threatening complication

Adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) have significant rates of asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriage and are frequently exposed to risk factors for C. difficile infection (CDI). Despite this, the rate of reported CDI in CF is low. We describe three cases of near fatal CDI in adults with CF and rev...

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Autores principales: Piccolo, Francesco, Tai, Anna Sze, Ee, Hooi, Mulrennan, Siobhain, Bell, Scott, Ryan, Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28078087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.204

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28078087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.204

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