Severe Diarrheal Illness in Children Linked to Antibiotics Prescribed in Doctor’s Offices
March 15, 2014 - The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur among children in the general community who recently took antibiotics prescribed in doctor’s offices for other conditions, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in Pediatrics.
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