Roger Baxter Jaap van Dissel Which Antibiotics Pose Greatest Risk of C. difficile infection? REFERENCE: Abstract K-0349 Roger Baxter, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland In the presence of certain antibiotics,
Roger Baxter
Jaap van Dissel
Which Antibiotics Pose Greatest Risk of C. difficile infection?
REFERENCE: Abstract K-0349Roger Baxter, Kaiser Permanente, OaklandIn the presence of certain antibiotics, it seems Clostridium difficile can flourish.Roger Baxter, from Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, presented data suggesting that imipenem and clindamycin are among the drugs that give patients a greater risk of C. difficile infection.
Prevent C. difficile relapse – with a Protein Concentrate from Cows
REFERENCE: Abstract K-0352Jaap van Dissel, Leiden University Medical CenterClostridium difficile relapse is sometimes difficult to prevent with antibiotics – so could a rather different approach, involving a protein powder obtained from immunised cows, give a greater and more durable benefit?Jaap van Disselof the Leiden University Medical Center had the details at ICAAC.
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