Oral Vancomycin May Be Associated With Earlier Symptom Resolution Than Metronidazole for Hospitalized Children With Nonsevere Clostridioides difficile Infections

OBJECTIVE: National guidelines recommend oral vancomycin over oral metronidazole as first-line treatment for nonsevere Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in adults. Guidelines recommend metronidazole for children with nonsevere CDI, emphasizing that comparative effectiveness studies comparing...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Yin, Jianyi, Kociolek, Larry K, Same, Rebecca G, Hsu, Alice J, Amoah, Joe, Tamma, Pranita D
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6954469/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31950069
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz492
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