Concomitant medical conditions and therapies preclude accurate classification of children with severe or severe complicated Clostridium difficile infection

Larry K. Kociolek; Sameer J. Patel; Stanford T. Shulman; Dale N. Gerding

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Concomitant medical conditions and therapies preclude accurate classification of children with severe or severe complicated Clostridium difficile infection

Larry K. Kociolek^*, Sameer J. Patel, Stanford T. Shulman, Dale N. Gerding

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Abstract

Severe and severe complicated Clostridium difficile infections (SCDI/SCCDI) were retrospectively assessed in a pediatric cohort. Underlying medical conditions and concomitant medical therapy preclude accurate classification of children with SCDI/SCCDI, using current CDI severity definitions. Revised CDI definitions in children should focus on more objective, age-appropriate, and CDI-specific markers of severity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e139-e142
Journal	Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu121
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

Clostridium difficile
Complicated
Definition
Pediatric
Severe

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Infectious Diseases

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Concomitant medical conditions and therapies preclude accurate classification of children with severe or severe complicated Clostridium difficile infection. / Kociolek, Larry K.; Patel, Sameer J.; Shulman, Stanford T. et al.
In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Vol. 4, No. 4, 01.12.2015, p. e139-e142.

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