This report describes a case of Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient treated with multiple antibiotics for KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae pancreatitis. Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of C. difficile ribotype 033 clinical infection reported from Italy.

Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment for KPCproducing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, Italy / Grandesso, Stefano; Arena, Fabio; Eseme, Franklin Esoka; Panese, Sandro; Henrici De Angelis, Lucia; Spigaglia, Patrizia; Barbanti, Fabrizio; Rossolini, Gian Maria. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - ELETTRONICO. - 39:(2016), pp. 235-236.

Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment for KPCproducing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, Italy

ARENA, FABIO;ROSSOLINI, GIAN MARIA
2016

Abstract

This report describes a case of Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient treated with multiple antibiotics for KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae pancreatitis. Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of C. difficile ribotype 033 clinical infection reported from Italy.
2016
39
235
236
Grandesso, Stefano; Arena, Fabio; Eseme, Franklin Esoka; Panese, Sandro; Henrici De Angelis, Lucia; Spigaglia, Patrizia; Barbanti, Fabrizio; Rossolini, Gian Maria
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