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  • Title: Relapsing pseudomembranous colitis.
    Author: Holmes R, Byrne WJ.
    Journal: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr; 1986; 5(2):314-5. PubMed ID: 3958860.
    Abstract:
    Pseudomembranous colitis secondary to C. difficile and its toxin(s) is a well-recognized disease in children and usually responds to treatment with oral vancomycin. There are well-documented reports of relapse in adults after initial successful treatment with vancomycin. This report documents relapse in a child who developed diarrhea following treatment of pseudomembranous colitis. Stool cultures were negative for C. difficile at the end of the initial course of treatment, but the organism was isolated from the stool when the diarrhea recurred. The symptoms improved following a second course of treatment with vancomycin and have not recurred during 8 months of follow-up monitoring.
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