CEFIXIME AND ANTIBIOTIC-ASSOCIATED COLITIS

CEFIXIME AND ANTIBIOTIC-ASSOCIATED COLITIS

Clostridium difficile toxin causes colitis with or without pseudomembranes and is associated with antibiotic therapy in patients of all ages. We report three children with antibiotic-associated colitis caused by toxin-producing C. difficile whose symptoms developed in temporal association with cefix...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1994-04, Vol.13 (4), p.331-332
Hauptverfasser: Gremse, David A, Dean, Phil C, Farquhar, Donald S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Cefixime
Cefotaxime - adverse effects
Cefotaxime - analogs & derivatives
Child
Child, Preschool
Clostridium difficile
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - chemically induced
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - drug therapy
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Toxicity: digestive system
Vancomycin - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:Clostridium difficile toxin causes colitis with or without pseudomembranes and is associated with antibiotic therapy in patients of all ages. We report three children with antibiotic-associated colitis caused by toxin-producing C. difficile whose symptoms developed in temporal association with cefixime therapy.
ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/00006454-199404000-00020