Asymptomatic neonatal colonisation by Clostridium difficile.
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Asymptomatic neonatal colonisation by Clostridium difficile.
In a prospective survey of infants born in a single maternity unit, asymptomatic faecal colonisation by Clostridium difficile occurred in 31 (47%) of 66 babies who provided a faecal sample during week one of life and at age 14 and 28 days, and in 46 (30.7%) of the total of 150 babies for whom at least one faecal sample was obtained during the month of study. There was no evidence for acquisitio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.59.5.466