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505. Bezlotoxumab Reduces Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection in Immunocompromised Patients: Early Experience at a Tertiary Care Center

BACKGROUND: Bezlotoxumab (BEZ) was approved in 2017 for prevention of recurrent C. difficile infection (CDI), with a number needed to treat (NNT) of 10 reported in the registration trials. Little information is available on its effectiveness in high-risk populations. BEZ was added to the institution...

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Autores principales: Askar, Sally, Kenney, Rachel M, Conner, Ruth, Ramesh, Mayur, Alangaden, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253614/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.514