| Literature DB >> 1814901 |
M K Bhattacharya1, S K Niyogi, R Rasaily, S K Bhattacharya, P Dutta, A Nag, S C Pal.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1814901
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Assoc Physicians India ISSN： 0004-5772