A Sporadic Case of Diarrhoea due to EnterotoxigenicClostridium perfringens
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- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Microbial Ecology in Health & Disease
- Vol. 1 (1) , 69-70
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08910608809140183
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic strains of Clostridium perfringens have been recently implicated in some cases of antibiotic associated diarrhoea, especially in hospitalised elderly patients. We present a case of diarrhoea associated with enterotoxigenic C. perfringens in a young adult not implicated in an episode of food poisoning and who did not receive antimicrobial therapy.Keywords
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