Efficacy of Oral Vancomycin, Oral Metronidazole, or IV Metronidazole Prophylaxis at Reducing the Risk of Clostridium difficile Recurrence

BACKGROUND: Secondary prophylaxis (SP) for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with oral vancomycin or oral/IV metronidazole when initiating antibiotics is common, though few studies are available to support this practice. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of prophylaxis within...

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Autores principales: O’Connell, Matthew, Slish, Judianne, Shelly, Mark
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/PMC5631053/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.952

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631053/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.952

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