| Clostridium difficile associated with pseudomembranous colitis. Occurrence in a 12-week-old infant without prior antibiotic therapy. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 7282658 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In a previously healthy 12-week-old male infant with a two-week history of poor feeding, colic, and bloody stools, pseudomembranous colitis developed. No prior antibiotics were administered although the child had received dicyclomine hydrochloride. Clostridium difficile and its toxin were detected in the child's stool. Severe disseminated intravascular coagulopathy developed; the patient required total colectomy but eventually recovered. Clostridium difficile colonization has not, to our knowledge, been previously documented in infantile pseudomembranous colitis. |
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Authors:
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S P Adler; T Chandrika; W F Berman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of diseases of children (1960) Volume: 135 ISSN: 0002-922X ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Dis. Child. Publication Date: 1981 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1981-11-18 Completed Date: 1981-11-18 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370471 Medline TA: Am J Dis Child Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 820-2 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Bacterial Toxins
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analysis Clostridium Clostridium Infections / microbiology*, pathology Colon / pathology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*, pathology Humans Infant Male |
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0/Bacterial Toxins |
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