RT Journal
A1 Nylund CM, Goudie A, Garza JM, Fairbrother G, Cohen MB
T1 CLostridium difficile infection in hospitalized children in the united states
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2011
FD May 1
VO 165
IS 5
SP 451
OP 457
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.282
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.282
AB 
Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus that can colonize the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to C difficile infection (CDI). CDI has a wide variation in severity, ranging from asymptomatic colonization to severe diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, toxic megacolon, bowel perforation, and death. In recent years, the incidence of CDI, number of hospitalizations, associated deaths, and severity in adults have been increasing.1- 2