| Literature DB >> 26592763 |
Seth T Housman1, Abrar K Thabit1, Joseph L Kuti1, Richard Quintiliani2, David P Nicolau1.
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In patients with first episode Clostridium difficile infection treated with vancomycin or fidaxomicin, more patients receiving fidaxomicin achieved at least 2 log10 colony-forming units/g reduction in spores at the follow-up visit (P=.02). Similar to published literature, a higher proportion of patients receiving fidaxomicin demonstrated sustained clinical response.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26592763 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.270
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254