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2396. Clostridium difficile Infection is Children with Sickle Cell Disease: An Uncommon Entity

BACKGROUND: Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have numerous risk factors for intestinal dysbiosis, including frequent hospitalization, iron overload, antibiotic exposure including penicillin prophylaxis, hypoxia, and altered gut permeability. Many of these conditions are also established risk...

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Autores principales: Lee, Philip, Soma, Vijaya L, Cruz, Carlos, Manwani, Deepa, Goldman, David L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810399/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2074