Impact of an Automatic Hospital Probiotic Protocol on Clostridium difficile Infection Rates and Antibiotic Usage Patterns

BACKGROUND: The use of probiotics in hospitalized patients ordered antibiotics has been associated with a preventative effect against Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in a few small studies and meta-analyses. Starting in 2014, all adult patients admitted to our 330-bed community hospital who we...

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Autores principales: Slain, Douglas, Georgulis, Amy, Dermitt, Ronald, Morris, Laura, Colodny, Stephen
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/PMC5631319/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631319/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.003

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