Case Report
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 |
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