Clostridium difficile induced colitis occurring during cefotaxime therapy.
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چکیده
While not unique to anti-microbial therapy, Clostridium difficile induced colitis is most frequently encountered as a complication of treatment with one or more of several antibiotics.1 4 The condition has been described in association with some members of the cephalosporin group of drugs.5 Only on a few occasions has cefotaxime been implicated in the past6.11 and, to date, no cases have been reported in the United Kingdom. We describe a case in which a patient receiving intramuscular cefotaxime developed a severe persistent diarrhoea which proved to be the result of a C. difficile infection.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 54 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985