The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection in children with and without inflammatory bowel diseases: A single-center study in Taiwan from 2006 to 2019
CONCLUSIONS: Both CA-CDI and healthcare facility-onset CDI (HO-CDI) were increasing substantially in the pediatric population over the past decade in Taiwan. Compared to the general pediatric population, pediatric IBD patients had a much higher incidence of CDI.PMID:38631957 | DOI:10.1016/j.jfma.2024.04.006
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - Category: General Medicine Authors: Mu-Ming Chien Mei-Hwei Chang Kai-Chi Chang Yen-Hsuan Ni Jia-Feng Wu Source Type: research
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