## Background: The incidence and associated morbidity of Clostridium difficile (CD) infection has been increasing at an alarming rate in North America. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea in the USA. Patients with CDAD have longer average ho
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in Polish pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease
โ Scribed by Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz; Dorota Wultanska; Hanna Pituch; Andrzej Radzikowski
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 39 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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