Open AccessCommunity acquired Clostridium difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure
Author(s) -
Jaspreet Singh,
Rajesh Vyas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_702_19
Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , carriage , antibiotics , clostridium , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , pathology , genetics , biology
Clostridium Difficile is the most common cause of hospital acquired and antibiotic associated diarrhoea, but it is important to note that this can be a colonizer. The rates of community carriage is not very well described in children. We hereby report a case of Community acquired Clostridium Difficile in an infant without antibiotic exposure.