High colonization rate and prolonged shedding of Clostridium difficile in pediatric oncology patients.

ABSTRACT: Surveillance testing for Clostridium difficile among pediatric oncology patients identified stool colonization in 29% of patients without gastrointestinal symptoms and in 55% of patients with prior C. difficile infection (CDI). A high prevalence of C. difficile colonization and diarrhea complicates the diagnosis of CDI in this population.

SUBMITTER: Dominguez SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632259 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature