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Clostridium difficile peritonitis in a neonate. A case report.

V M Genta·P H Gilligan·L R McCarthy
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We describe a case of fatal peritonitis due to Clostridium difficile in a neonate. Although the patient had several clinical features that were compatible with the diagnosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis, examination of the bowel at laparotomy disclosed that a mesenteric band caused the patient's underlying disease. Postmortem histopathologic tests revealed gram-positive rods in the wall of the small intestine. Clostridium difficile was the only organism recovered from an antemortem culture of peritoneal fluid and was also recovered from a postmortem blood culture.

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Clostridium InfectionsDiagnosis, DifferentialEnterocolitis, PseudomembranousHumansInfant, NewbornMalePeritonitisCase ReportsJournal Article

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V M Genta, P H Gilligan, L R McCarthy. 1984. Clostridium difficile peritonitis in a neonate. A case report.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6546347/

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