High Colonization Rate and Prolonged Shedding of Clostridium difficile in Pediatric Oncology Patients | Zendy

Samuel R. Dominguez | Zendy; Susan A. Dolan | Zendy; Kelly M West | Zendy; Raymund Dantes | Zendy; Erin Epson | Zendy; Deborah Friedman | Zendy; Cynthia A. Littlehorn | Zendy; Lesley E. Arms | Zendy; Karen Walton | Zendy; Ellen Servetar | Zendy; Daniel N. Frank | Zendy; Cassandra V. Kotter | Zendy; Elaine Dowell | Zendy; Carolyn V. Gould | Zendy; Joanne M. Hilden | Zendy; James Todd | Zendy

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High Colonization Rate and Prolonged Shedding of Clostridium difficile in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Author(s) -

Samuel R. Dominguez,

Susan A. Dolan,

Kelly M West,

Raymund Dantes,

Erin Epson,

Deborah Friedman,

Cynthia A. Littlehorn,

Lesley E. Arms,

Karen Walton,

Ellen Servetar,

Daniel N. Frank,

Cassandra V. Kotter,

Elaine Dowell,

Carolyn V. Gould,

Joanne M. Hilden,

James Todd

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu302

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , colonization , diarrhea , c difficile , population , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , environmental health , biology

Surveillance testing for Clostridium difficile among pediatric oncology patients identified stool colonization in 29% of patients without gastrointestinal symptoms and in 55% of patients with prior C. difficile infection (CDI). A high prevalence of C. difficile colonization and diarrhea complicates the diagnosis of CDI in this population.

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