Community-acquired diarrhea associated with Clostridium difficile in an HIV-positive cancer patient : first case report in Latin America

• Autor(es): Costa, Cecíia L. ; Quesada-Gómez, Carlos ; Carvalho, Cibele B. Mano de ; González, Rafael H. ; Gifoni, Markus A. ; Ribeiro, Ronaldo A. ; Brito, Gerly Anne de Castro
• Data: 2014
• Origem: Oasisbr
• Assunto(s): Clostridium difficile; HIV
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Clostridium difficile is the most important cause of nosocomial diarrhea, mainly associated with antibiotic use and immunodeficiency. Although, an increased incidence of community-acquired C. difficile infection (CA-CDI) has been reported worldwide, this infection has been under-diagnosed in Latin America. This is the first report of a CA-CDI case in Latin America, in an HIV-positive patient with cancer.