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Clostridium difficile Infection

Author(s) -

Kevin J. Downes,

Samir S. Shah

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis135

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , medicine , c difficile , incidence (geometry) , intensive care medicine , clostridium infections , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medline , disease , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , physics , optics , law , political science , biology

The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infections have increased over the past few decades. New challenges have developed in the treatment and prevention of both hospital- and community-acquired disease. As mentioned by Tamma and Sandora [ 1] in their recent review, many questions about C difficile management in children remain unanswered, forcing pediatricians to rely on adult studies for guidance. The following is a brief synopsis of a few recent publications that focused on C difficile infections, including comments regarding the implications within pediatric infectious diseases.

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