Clostridioides difficile Infection in Children: Research Progress, Pitfalls, and Priorities

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Nov 17;10(Supplement_3):S1-S2. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab090.

Larry K Kociolek^{1

2}, Carey-Ann D Burnham³, Maribeth R Nicholson^{4

5}, Joseph P Zackular^{6

7

8}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Pathology & Immunology, Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, and Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ Division of Protective Immunity, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Keywords: Clostridioides difficile; children; knowledge; pediatric; research.

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