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Rifaximin Therapy for Patients With Metronidazole-Unresponsive Clostridium difficile Infection
Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. Rifaximin is an antibiotic that offers marginal resistance to C. difficile bacteria. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of rifaximin in metronidazole non-responsive CDI patients. Methods...
Autores principales: | Waqas, Muhammad, Mohib, Khadija, Saleem, Aniqa, LNU, Mahak, Arjumand, Sabeen, Khalil, Hafiz Habib Ur Rehman, Nosheen, Rukhshanda, Abbas, Sharmeen, Maqsood, Kanza M, Abbas, Kiran |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35582554 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24140 |
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