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A Severe Case of Post‐Antibiotic Clostridium difficile Colitis
Author(s) -
Braniff K
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1999.tb03153.x
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , antibiotics , clostridium difficile colitis , colitis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , clostridium , antibiotic therapy , bacteria , biology , genetics
Clostridium difficile infection is a common cause of post‐antibiotic diarrhoea. In the following case it caused severe disease, and the correct diagnosis was not considered at first.
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