Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure

Clostridium Difficile is the most common cause of hospital acquired and antibiotic associated diarrhoea, but it is important to note that this can be a colonizer. The rates of community carriage is not very well described in children. We hereby report a case of Community acquired Clostridium Diffici...

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Autores principales: Singh, Jaspreet, Vyas, Rajesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32318492
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_702_19
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Sumario:Clostridium Difficile is the most common cause of hospital acquired and antibiotic associated diarrhoea, but it is important to note that this can be a colonizer. The rates of community carriage is not very well described in children. We hereby report a case of Community acquired Clostridium Difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure.

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