Details Regarding the Medical Treatment of Children with Clostridium Difficile Infection - Clinical Case

Clostridium difficile Infection in children.

Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of health care-associated diarrhea among adults in the United States and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. During the past decade, the epidemiology of C difficile infection (CDI) has changed, including a rise in the rate and severity of infection related to the emergence of a hypervirulent strain as well as an increase in dise...

Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection.

Recent outbreaks of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in North America have been due to a more virulent, possibly more resistant strain that causes more-severe disease, making prompt recognition of cases and optimal management of infection essential for a successful therapeutic outcome. Treatment algorithms are presented to help guide the management of patients with CDI. Metronidazole has b...

Clostridium difficile infection in children – clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

Methods We present 4 cases of children admitted to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balş” in the last year with Clostridium difficile colitis; the children had ages between 2 and 12 years. Diagnosis of infection was based on the presence of three or more stools in a 24 hour period, isolation of the organism and detection of toxins A/B in a diarrheal stool specimen...

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Clostridium difficile infection in infants and children.

Infections caused by Clostridium difficile in hospitalized children are increasing. The recent publication of clinical practice guidelines for C difficile infection in adults did not address issues that are specific to children. The purpose of this policy statement is to provide the pediatrician with updated information and recommendations about C difficile infections affecting pediatric patients.