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Community-acquired diarrhea associated with Clostridium difficile in an HIV-pos...
Costa, Cecíia L.; Quesada-Gómez, Carlos; Carvalho, Cibele B. Mano de; González, Rafael H.; Gifoni, Markus A.; Ribeiro, Ronaldo A.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.
Date: 2014
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