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To the Editor: A 61-year-old woman presented with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and nonbloody diarrhea. A stool assay for Clostridium difficile was positive (C. difficile Tox A/B II, Tech Laboratory), and she was treated with metronidazole. However, her symptoms worsened during the subsequent week, prompting her to return to the hospital. On examination, her vital signs were normal apart from tachypnea. The abdominal examination revealed diffuse tenderness but no peritoneal signs. Laboratory evaluation revealed a hemoglobin level of 129 g per liter, a white-cell count of 75.6x10⁹ per liter (with increased bands at 8.3x10⁹ per . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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