Non-antibiotic management for Clostridium difficile infection
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Clostridium Difficile infection and Antibiotic –Associated Colitis
Hospitalized patients receiving β lactam antibiotics develop diarrhea and higher rates reported in those receiving clindamycin. Clostridiumdifficile is recognized as a cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea, colitis and pseudomembranous colitis. Contributory factors include: advance age, severity of underlying illness.C.difficile has the ability to temporarily colonize newborn humans and calve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gastrointestinal Infections
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2277-5862
DOI: 10.5005/jp-jogi-6-1-3