Incidence and origin of Clostridium difficile in neonates.

The stools of 65 of 92 (71%) infants in a special care nursery yielded Clostridium difficile on culture. Ninety percent of stools collected after 6 to 35 days in the unit were positive, and 36% of these also contained toxin. When tested in vitro, 94% of the isolates produced toxin. Of 110 swabs coll...

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Main Authors: Al-Jumaili, I J, Shibley, M, Lishman, A H, Record, C O
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC270983/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6690469
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