Rectal Prolapse in a Child: An Unusual Presentation of Clostridium difficile–Associated Pseudomembranous Colitis

Pseudomembranous colitis after short-course antibiotics is rare in children. We report a 14-month-old girl who presented with rectal prolapse complicated with Clostridium difficile–associated pseudomembranous colitis after a 4-day course of oral cefuroxime for treatment of acute otitis media. Abdomi...

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Hauptverfasser:	Shu-Ching Huang, Yao-Jong Yang, Chung-Ta Lee
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Elsevier 2011-04-01
Schriftenreihe:	Pediatrics and Neonatology
Schlagworte:	child Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis rectal prolapse
Online-Zugang:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957211000052
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