Fatal Clostridium difficile enteritis caused by the BI/NAP1/027 strain: a case series of ileal C. difficile infections.
Clostridium difficile generally causes diarrhoea and colitis. Small-bowel infections are considered to be rare. Twelve cases of ileal C. difficile infections are presented, including the first reported case proven to be caused by the hypervirulent BI/NAP1/027 strain. This case series suggests that small bowel involvement in C. difficile infections may be more frequent than previously thought.
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Département de Microbiologie, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Laufer
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Pépin
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Mitchell
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Dubé
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Labbé
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001344:Autopsy; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003082:Colectomy; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014774:Virulence; D055815:Young Adult