High Colonization Rate and Prolonged Shedding of Clostridium difficile in Pediatric Oncology Patients

作者：Dominguez Samuel R^*; Dolan Susan A; West Kelly; Dantes Raymund B; Epson Erin; Friedman Deborah; Littlehorn Cynthia A; Arms Lesley E; Walton Karen; Servetar Ellen; Frank Daniel N; Kotter Cassandra V; Dowell Elaine; Gould Carolyn V; Hilden Joanne M; Todd James K

来源：Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014, 59(3): 401-403.

DOI：10.1093/cid/ciu302

• Clostridium difficile
• pediatric
• oncology
• colonization
• surveillance

Surveillance testing for Clostridium difficile among pediatric oncology patients identified stool colonization in 29% of patients without gastrointestinal symptoms and in 55% of patients with prior C. difficile infection (CDI). A high prevalence of C. difficile colonization and diarrhea complicates the diagnosis of CDI in this population.

• 出版日期2014-8-1