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. 1980 Jan;56(651):65–66. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.651.65

Clostridium difficile isolated from the stool of a patient with pseudomembranous colits following ampicillin plus flucloxacillin (Magnapen) therapy.

R J Morgan, C G Gemmell, F D Lee, W Lang, R I Russell

PMCID: PMC2425999 PMID: 7383956

Abstract

A case is reported of the isolation of Clostridium difficile from the stool of a patient with antibiotic-related pseudomembranous colitis.

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