Increasing incidence of community-associated atypical Clostridium difficile disease in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 644-647

  Baker, Susan S ^a   Faden, Howard ^a   Sayej, Wael ^a   Patel, Raza ^a   Baker, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; community acquired infection; diarrhea

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METRONIDAZOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954052583     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809360927     Document Type: Article

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