Results Between January 1 2005 and July 31 2014, 52 patients were diagnosed with CDI. A large number of cases (61%) were diagnosed in the age group 1 to 4 years. The sex ratio was M/F = 0.9/1. 36% of patients had communityacquired CDI. In mild/moderate forms metronidazole was administered as a first-line treatment in 32 (61%) cases and proved efficient in 25/32 (78.1%) cases; vancomycin was used and was efficient in 18 cases. In severe forms (7.7%), the association of intravenous metronidazole and oral vancomycin was the option of choice and this approach cured all these cases. We report 11 patients with recurrent CDI (21%); in these cases oral vancomycin was efficient for the treatment of the recurrence. In 3 cases with a second recurrence rifaximin was the chosen therapy. Six out of 11 children with recurrent CDI had comorbidities (Hirschsprung disease, ulcerative colitis).
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