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Severe diarrheal illness in children linked to antibiotics prescribed in doctor's offices - Press Release

March 7, 2014

The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur among children in the general community who recently took antibiotics prescribed in doctor's offices for other conditions, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published this week in Pediatrics.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308715

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