Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection among the patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital

• Main Authors: Lavanya Segar (Author), Joshy M Easow (Author), Sreenivasan Srirangaraj (Author), Mohammad Hanifah (Author), Noyal M Joseph (Author), K S Seetha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Clostridium difficile, a most important nosocomial enteric pathogen, is recognized globally as responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. It is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality due to widespread use of antibiotics. Aims: The study was done to determin...