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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:367-369; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.028480
© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:367-369
© 2005 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

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Pathogenesis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection

I Tonna, P D Welsby

Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

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Dr P D Welsby
Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; P.Welsby{at}ed.ac.uk

This paper reviews the pathogenesis and management of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea, in particular the management of recurrent episodes.

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; gastroenteritis; pathogenesis


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