Clinical manifestation of Clostridium difficile enteritis in Calcutta.
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.
Bhattacharya
M K
MK
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta.
Niyogi
S K
SK
Rasaily
R
R
Bhattacharya
S K
SK
Dutta
P
P
Nag
A
A
Pal
S C
SC
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