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Prolonged carriage of Clostridium difficile in Hirschsprung's disease.
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Chronic intestinal ischemia and Hirschsprung's disease.Show More
Dear Editor,
The prolonged carriage of Clostridium difficile in Hirschsprung's disease reported in this study (1) raises the possibility that Hirschsprung's might indeed be a product of intestinal ischaemia that develops in utero and might persist thereafter as chronic intestinal ischaemia possibly because of persistent vascular abnormalities (2).
Chronic ileal ischaemia appears to be the primary cause of...
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