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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Main Authors: Jaspreet Singh, Rajesh Vyas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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spelling doaj-a5611bf2000d442d8c6d7232648d81522020-11-25T00:58:56ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01921197119810.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_702_19Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposureJaspreet SinghRajesh VyasClostridium 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.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=1197;epage=1198;aulast=clostridium difficilecommunity acquiredinfant
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author Jaspreet Singh
Rajesh Vyas
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Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
clostridium difficile
community acquired
infant
author_facet Jaspreet Singh
Rajesh Vyas
author_sort Jaspreet Singh
title Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
title_short Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
title_full Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
title_fullStr Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
title_full_unstemmed Community acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
title_sort community acquired clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
issn 2249-4863
publishDate 2020-01-01
description 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.
topic clostridium difficile
community acquired
infant
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