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SUBMITTER: Hai Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7475194 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hai Zhao Z Peng Zhen Lei L Juan Ma M Fan Yang Y Jin Rong Cang C Jing Yao Liang L Li Xia Zhang Z
IDCases 20200809
<i>Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile</i> is the major cause of healthcare antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. However, extra-intestinal manifestations of <i>Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile</i> infection (CDI) (including bacteremia and tissue infection) are extremely rare. We report a case of extraintestinal CDI after surgery. The isolate of <i>C. difficile</i> was not the PCR ribotype 027. However, this isolate produced toxins A and B. The patient underwent a follow-up examination 30 da ...[more]