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What other way can a baby be positive for toxigenic c. diff, if mother is negative and if he hasnt been on antibiotic?
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Cl. difficile: This organism may have been acquired in the colon during hospitalization at time of delivery, somebody in family may be carrying it and transmitted it, or the testing of the mother is not accurate.
Answered 3/20/2014
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