Clostridium difficile in an oncology unit.
In one year 21 new cases of Clostridium difficile infection occurred on a paediatric oncology unit. Eleven cases were in a two month period. This infection should be regarded as a communicable disease. Investigations to detect C difficile should be carried out in children with malignant disease who have diarrhoea.
Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Brunetto
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Pearson
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Craft
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Pedler
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*