Clostridium difficile Enterocolitis and Reactive Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Case reports in the literature on Clostridium difficile enterocolitis-associated reactive arthritis in children.

Authors/articles	Cron and Gordon 1997 [3]	Löffler et al. 2004 [5]		Durand and Miller [7]	Finger and Neubauer 1997 [4]	Dacheux et al. 2012 [6]
Age	2,5	11	6	10	3	7
Sex	M	M	F	F	M	M
Previous antibiotic therapy	Amoxicillin	Lincomycin	ND	Erythromycin and penicillin V	Cefixime	Amoxicillin-clavulanate
Joints involved	Left knee and shoulder	Left and right ankles; right knee; both hips; both elbows; left wrist	Both knees, both elbows, and both hips	Left hips	Right hip, shoulder, and knee	Twelve joints
Symptoms associated		Skin nodules		Aseptic peritonitis
Treatment	Vancomycin	Vancomycin	Vancomycin	Metronidazole	Ibuprofen	Metronidazole
Disease’s duration (days)	25	588	14	7	7	7