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Summary
Clostridium difficile has become a common healthcare-associated infection over the past few years and gained more attention. C. difficile was estimated to cause almost half a million infections in USA in 2011 and 29 000 died within 30 days of the initial diagnosis. Although colitis due to C. difficile is the most common presentation, there have been reported cases of extraintestinal infections. As per our review of literature, this is the third reported case of liver abscess due to the organism.
- hepatitis and other GI infections
- nosocomial infections
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Contributors MR wrote the initial manuscript. All authors performed literature review, edited the paper and performed data designing. They also read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
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