Clostridium difficile Infection in Children

Adv Pediatr. 2019 Aug:66:263-280. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2019.03.010. Epub 2019 May 4.
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Keywords: Antibiotics; Children; Clostridium difficile; Infection.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis
  • Clostridium Infections / drug therapy
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sex Factors
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Metronidazole
  • Vancomycin