Severe clostridium difficile-associated disease in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 944-946

  Pokorn, Marko ^a   RadŠel, Anja ^a   Sižman, Milan ^a   Jereb, Matjaž ^a   Karner, Primož ^a   Kalan, Gorazd ^a   Grosek, Štefan ^a   Andlovic, Alenka ^b   Rupnik, Maja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Child; Clostridium difficile; Pseudomembranous colitis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RIBOTYPING; SCHOOL CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 54049130535     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181723d32     Document Type: Article

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