Open AccessPrevalence of Clostridium Difficile Among Paediatric Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Coastal Karnataka, South India
Author(s) -
Sherin Justin,
Beena Antony,
Shenoy Kv,
Rekha Boloor
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11000.5534
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , latex fixation test , medicine , diarrhea , tertiary care , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , biology , immunology , antibody
The study was intended to analyse the burden of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and associated intestinal pathogens from children with diarrhoea who were hospitalized in a tertiary care teaching hospital of South India.