%0 Journal Article %A A L Brunetto %A A D Pearson %A A W Craft %A S J Pedler %T Clostridium difficile in an oncology unit. %D 1988 %R 10.1136/adc.63.8.979 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood %P 979-981 %V 63 %N 8 %X In one year 21 new cases of Clostridium difficile infection occurred on a paediatric oncology unit. Eleven cases were in a two month period. This infection should be regarded as a communicable disease. Investigations to detect C difficile should be carried out in children with malignant disease who have diarrhoea. %U https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/63/8/979.full.pdf