2378. Corticosteroid Use Prevents Primary Clostridioides difficile Infection in the Setting of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Use Among Hospitalized Patients

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile is the most common pathogen causing healthcare-associated infections in the United States and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urgent threat-level pathogen. The pathophysiology of C. difficile infection (CDI) involves neutrophil invasion of the colon...

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Autores principales: Carlson, Travis J, Wilcox, Melissa F, Theriault, Sarah G, Alnezary, Faris S, Gonzales-Luna, Anne J, Zasowski, Evan J, Garey, Kevin W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810790/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2056

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810790/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2056

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