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The efficacy of intracolonic vancomycin for severe Clostridium difficile colitis: a case series

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) unresponsive to the standard treatments of metronidazole and oral vancomycin requires aggressive medical management and possible surgical intervention including colectomy. Intracolonic vancomycin therapy has been reported to be particularly promising...

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Autores principales: Akamine, Christine M., Ing, Michael B., Jackson, Christian S., Loo, Lawrence K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27388627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1657-1