Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a national survey of clinician recommendations and the use of faecal microbiota transplantation
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21/10/2016
21/10/2016
14/10/2016
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| Resumo |
Adherence to Clostridium difficile infection treatment guidelines is associated with lower recurrence rates and mortality as well as cost savings. Our survey of Irish clinicians indicates that patients are managed using a variety of approaches. FMT is potentially underutilised despite its recommendation in national and European guidelines. |
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application/pdf |
| Identificador |
Prior, A.-R., Kevans, D., McDowell, L., Cudmore, S. and Fitzpatrick, F. (2016) ‘Treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a national survey of clinician recommendations and the use of faecal microbiota transplantation’, Journal of Hospital Infection. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.004. 0195-6701 http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3203 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.004 Journal of Hospital Infection |
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en |
| Publicador |
Elsevier Inc. |
| Direitos |
© 2016, The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Palavras-Chave | #Clostridium difficile #Treatment #Adherence #Faecal microbiota transplantation |
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Article (peer-reviewed) |
