High colonization rate and prolonged shedding of Clostridium difficile in pediatric oncology patients.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Clostridioides difficile
- Clostridium Infections
- Neoplasms