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ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
Volume 141, Issue 1, Pages 97-99Publisher
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.1.97
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Two cases of small-bowel perforation secondary to Clostridium difficile enteritis are described and compared with the 8 cases of C difficile enteritis reported in the medical literature. The cause of small-bowel involvement with C difficile is unknown, but prior antibiotic use, prior colectomy, chronic alterations in small-bowel flora, and other host factors are discussed.
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