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Initial Oral Vancomycin vs. Oral Vancomycin After Metronidazole for Severe Clostridium difficile Infection

BACKGROUND: Treatment of severe Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with oral vancomycin (oVAN) is known to be superior to treatment with metronidazole. However, previous studies have not evaluated the impact on patients when oVAN therapy is delayed after diagnosis or suspicion of severe CDI. METH...

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Autores principales: Shah, Sunish, Ereshefsky, Benjamin, Pontiggia, Laura, Cawley, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630800/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.969