Clinical manifestation of Clostridium difficile enteritis in Calcutta.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-87615
ABSTRACT
233 cases with acute diarrhoea investigated, Clostridium difficile was isolated as a sole pathogen from 17 (7.3%) cases. The Major clinical features of these cases were watery diarrhoea (82.4%), bloody stool (17.6%), vomiting (64.8%), fever (17.6%) and abdominal pain (2.5%). Fourteen (82.4%) of 17 C difficile isolates were found to produce cytotoxin as detected by Verocell assay.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
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Child
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Clostridioides difficile
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Diarrhea
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India
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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