TY - JOUR
T1 - Clostridium difficile in children
T2 - Colonisation and disease
AU - Enoch, David
AU - Butler, Matthew J.
AU - Pai, Sumita
AU - Aliyu, Sani H.
AU - Karas, J. Andreas
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Clostridium difficile is the commonest cause of hospital acquired diarrhoea in adults and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The clinical significance of C. difficile in children, however, is less certain. In this article we discuss colonisation and infection and describe C. difficile in childhood in terms of risk factors, epidemiology and management.
AB - Clostridium difficile is the commonest cause of hospital acquired diarrhoea in adults and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. The clinical significance of C. difficile in children, however, is less certain. In this article we discuss colonisation and infection and describe C. difficile in childhood in terms of risk factors, epidemiology and management.
KW - Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
KW - Clostridium difficile
KW - Paediatric infections
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960892868&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.05.016
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21664931
AN - SCOPUS:79960892868
SN - 0163-4453
VL - 63
SP - 105
EP - 113
JO - Journal of Infection
JF - Journal of Infection
IS - 2
ER -