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

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Bacterial Shedding Child Child, Preschool Clostridioides Difficile Clostridium Infections Diarrhea Feces Humans Infant Neoplasms Pediatrics Prevalence Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Clostridium Difficile Colonization Oncology Pediatric Surveillance
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 59(3):401-403
• Pubmed ID:
  24785235
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9632259
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7b67c0add9a83cd3eb839e4ad8085a64f3fb845720f0d5c18053f6db5346f261
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122056/cdc_122056_DS1.pdf
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