title: Clinical manifestation of Clostridium difficile enteritis in Calcutta.
abstract: 233 cases with acute diarrhoea investigated, Clostridium difficile was isolated as a sole pathogen from 17 (7.3%) cases. The Major clinical features of these cases were watery diarrhoea (82.4%), bloody stool (17.6%), vomiting (64.8%), fever (17.6%) and abdominal pain (2.5%). Fourteen (82.4%) of 17 C difficile isolates were found to produce cytotoxin as detected by Verocell assay.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Niyogi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rasaily
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male