A New Paradigm for Clostridioides difficile Infection: Atypical Presentations Correlating to Acute Gastrointestinal Dysmotility Are Associated With Increased Mortality.
BACKGROUND Damage to the enteric nervous system in murine Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has recently been postulated as an explanation for the paradoxical dysmotility, including ileus, observed in a disease generally characterized by diarrheal onset. However, the clinical spectrum and mortality implications...