Clostridium difficile infection: a Serbian single-center experience
Author(s) -
Miloš Korać,
Ivana Milošević,
Marko Marković,
Nataša Popović,
Milena Ilić,
Aleksandar Marković,
Jelena D. Krneta-Nikolić,
Djordje Jevtović
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.5060
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudomembranous colitis , clostridium difficile , diarrhea , fulminant , incidence (geometry) , antibiotics , surgery , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. Severity of CDI is associated with advanced age and co-morbidities. The clinical spectrum varies from mild watery diarrhea to severe fulminant pseudomembranous colitis with complications.
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