CLINICAL OUTCOME AND SEVERITY OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES (CLOSTRIDIUM) DIFFICILE INFECTION AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially severe disease that can present with refractoriness, recurrence, and evolution to death. In Brazil, the epidemiology of CDI seems to differ from that of the United States and most European countries, with only one riboty...

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Main Authors: Fernando Antônio Castro CARVALHO, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira SILVA, Bárbara Moreira Ribeiro Trindade dos SANTOS, Amanda Nádia DINIZ, Eduardo Garcia VILELA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2023-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032023000300330&lng=en&tlng=en