Clostridium difficile in antibiotic associated pediatric diarrhea.
Indian Pediatr
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1994 Feb; 31(2): 121-6
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-12005
ABSTRACT
A case control study was carried out at the medical wards of Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children, Calcutta, between January and September 1989. One hundred eleven hospitalized children up to the age of 5 years, receiving antibiotics for different medical problems, developed antibiotic associated diarrhea. Isolation of Clostridium difficile as sole pathogen was very low (3.6%) from these patients. Fecal samples of 111 case matched control children were also screened for C.difficile. Only 2.7% fecal samples of control children were positive for C.difficile. All the strains of C.difficile isolated from antibiotic associated diarrhea cases showed neutralisable cytotoxin in in vitro test. In contrast none of the strains isolated from control children showed cytotoxicity. This study suggests that C.difficile is not an important pathogen related to antibiotic associated diarrhea in children at this hospital.
Texte intégral:
Disponible
Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Humains
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Nouveau-né
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Entérocolite pseudomembraneuse
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Études cas-témoins
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Enfant d'âge préscolaire
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Clostridioides difficile
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Colite
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Pays en voie de développement
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Diarrhée du nourrisson
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Fèces
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Facteurs de risque
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Indian Pediatr
Année:
1994
Type:
Article
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