title: Is pediatric Clostridium difficile infection associated with prior antibiotic exposure?
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Larry K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kociolek
authors.forename: Dale N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Gerding
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Clostridium difficile; antibiotics; epidemiology; pediatric; risk factors