The number of cases of C. difficile infection has increased about 15 percent each year, from 3,565 in 1997 to 7,779 in 2006. A more virulent strain is causing higher rates of infection in children and symptoms of diarrhea, toxic megacolon (extreme inflammation and distention of the large intestine), perforated bowels is common. Children have a higher risk of developing C. difficile infection than adults according to a new research report.
Reference:
Cade M. Nylund; Anthony Goudie; Jose M. Garza; Gerry Fairbrother; Mitchell B. Cohen. Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,
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