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A pilot study to assess bacterial and toxin reduction in patients with Clostridium difficile infection given fidaxomicin or vancomycin
BACKGROUND: To assess the effect of fidaxomicin and vancomycin on Clostridium difficile toxins and correlation with clinical and microbiologic outcomes. METHODS: Hospitalized patients with C. difficile infection were randomly assigned a 10-day course of fidaxomicin or vancomycin. Stool samples colle...
Autores principales: | Thabit, Abrar K., Alam, M. Jahangir, Khaleduzzaman, Mohammed, Garey, Kevin W., Nicolau, David P. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830079/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27071986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-016-0140-6 |
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