Severe clostridium difficile colitis and reactive arthritis in a ten-year-old child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 750-751

  Durand, Charlotte L ^a,c   Miller, Patrick F ^b  

^a WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Childhood; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Diarrhea

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 68649104798     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819bdaa3     Document Type: Article

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