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Assessment of Clostridium difficile Burden in Patients Over Time With First Episode Infection Following Fidaxomicin or Vancomycin
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Assessment of Clostridium difficile Burden in Patients Over Time With First Episode Infection Following Fidaxomicin or Vancomycin

Seth T. Housman, Abrar K. Thabit, Joseph L. Kuti, Richard Quintiliani and David P. Nicolau
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.37(2), pp.215-218
02/2016
PMID: 26592763

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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. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(2):215–218

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