Clostridium difficile after haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
Six children are described who developed diarrhoea associated with Clostridium difficile during the course of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The significance of this infection is discussed within the context of the pathophysiology of haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
Burgner
D P
DP
Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow.
Rfidah
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Beattie
T J
TJ
Seal
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DV
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014640:Vancomycin