Open AccessInfection with Clostridioides difficile ribotype 046 in a paediatric liver transplant patient
Author(s) -
Hildenia Baltasar Ribeiro Nogueira,
Cecília Leite Costa,
Carla Adriano Martins,
Maria Luana G. S. Morais,
Carlos Quesada-Gómez,
Cibele Barreto Mano de Carvalho,
Eliane de Oliveira Ferreira,
Gerly Anne de Castro Brito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
access microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2516-8290
DOI - 10.1099/acmi.0.000268
Subject(s) - clostridioides , medicine , antibiotics , liver transplantation , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Clostridioides difficilecauses nosocomial diarrhoea associated with antibiotic use and immunodeficiency. Although the number of paediatricC. difficileinfections (CDIs) has increased worldwide, there are few studies on the molecular characterization of strains causing CDIs among children. We report the clinical features and strain molecular characterization of a CDI in a female child with a history of liver transplantation at 7 months of age. This is the first report of the 046 ribotype causing paediatric diarrhoea.