973Use of Concomitant Antibiotics During Treatment for Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Pediatric Inpatients

نویسندگان

  • Vanessa Stevens
  • Cary Thurm
  • Matthew Kronman
  • Jeffrey S. Gerber
  • Samir Shah
  • Jason Newland
  • Joshua Courter
  • Sarah Parker
  • Thomas Brogan
  • Adam L. Hersh
چکیده

difficile Infection (CDI) in Pediatric Inpatients Vanessa Stevens, PhD; Cary Thurm, PhD; Matthew Kronman, MD; Jeffrey S. Gerber, MD, PhD; Samir Shah, MD, MSCE; Jason Newland, MD; Joshua Courter, PharmD; Sarah Parker, MD; Thomas Brogan, MD; Adam L. Hersh, MD, PhD; University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT; Children’s Hospital Association, Overland Park, KS, KS; Seattle Children’s, Seattle, WA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; Division of Pharmacy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Infectious Disease, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

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تاریخ انتشار 2014