Is Pseudomembranous Colitis Infectious?

dc.contributor.author	Greenfield, C
dc.contributor.author	Burroughs, A
dc.contributor.author	Szawathowski, M
dc.contributor.author	Bass, N
dc.contributor.author	Noone, P
dc.contributor.author	Pounder, R
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-18T12:42:42Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-18T12:42:42Z
dc.date.issued	1981-02
dc.identifier.citation	Lancet. 1981 Feb 14;1(8216):371-2	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/6109999
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35660
dc.description.abstract	A cluster of eight patients in two adjacent hospital wards acquired acute diarrhoea within a period of 11 days. All their stool samples contained Clostridium difficile toxin and C. difficile was isolated in every case. Three patients had rectal biopsy findings compatible with pseudomembranous colitis (PMC). All the patients responded to treatment with oral vancomycin. Until the possibility of PMC being acquired by cross-infection is clarified such patients should be nursed in isolation with strict enteric precautions.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.title	Is Pseudomembranous Colitis Infectious?	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Faculty of medicine	en