Identification of toxemia in patients with Clostridium difficile infection.

Toxemia can develop in Clostridium difficile-infected animals, and correlates with severe and fulminant disease outcomes. Circumstantial evidence suggests that toxemia may occur in patients with C. difficile infection (CDI), but positive diagnosis is extremely rare. We analyzed the potential for C....

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Main Authors: Hua Yu, Kevin Chen, Jianguo Wu, Zhiyong Yang, Lianfa Shi, Lydia L Barlow, David M Aronoff, Kevin W Garey, Tor C Savidge, Erik C von Rosenvinge, Ciaran P Kelly, Hanping Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4401762?pdf=render