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728. Prophylactic Vancomycin Therapy in Long Term Care Patients Colonized with Clostridioides difficile to Reduce Hospital-Acquired C. diff Infection
BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a common hospital-acquired infection with increasing rates of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Per the CDC, there are about 500,000 cases yearly in which 1 out of 11 patients die over the age of 65 due to complications from healthcare-ass...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776413/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.920 |