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This document discusses a study on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) among pediatric patients hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital in coastal Karnataka, South India. Stool samples from 138 children with diarrhea aged 0-14 years were tested using culture, latex agglutination, and enzyme immunoassay. C. difficile was isolated from 21 samples (15.22%) by culture and confirmed by biochemical tests, while toxins A and B were detected in 15 samples (10.87%) by immunoassay. The study found

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Suprakkash Das

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