Postoperative Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis in idiopathic scoliosis. A brief clinical report.

@article{Osebold1993PostoperativeCD,
  title={Postoperative Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis in idiopathic scoliosis. A brief clinical report.},
  author={William R. Osebold and Arnold N. Cohen and Michael D. Gillum and John H. Hurley and Nancy J. Locher},
  journal={Spine},
  year={1993},
  volume={18 16},
  pages={
          2549-52
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:41339041}
}
Two healthy young patients with progressive idiopathic scoliosis who received perioperative preventive cephalosporin antibiotics, and developed explosive diarrhea postoperatively are reported, confirmed as Clostridium difficile pseudomembranous colitis by stool toxin assay.
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