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Real-life experience with fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicentre cohort st...

Real-life experience with fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicentre cohort st...

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Real-life experience with fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicentre cohort study on 244 episodes

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Real-life experience with fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicentre cohort study on 244 episodes

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Infection, 2021-06, Vol.49 (3), p.475-482

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

The high cost of fidaxomicin has restricted its use despite the benefit of a lower
Clostridioides difficile
infection (CDI) recurrence rate at 4 weeks of follow-up. This short follow-up represents the main limitation of pivotal clinical trials of fidaxomicin, and some recent studies question its benefits over vancomycin. Moreover, the main ri...

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Real-life experience with fidaxomicin in Clostridioides difficile infection: a multicentre cohort study on 244 episodes

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2533056491

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2533056491

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ISSN

0300-8126,1439-0973

E-ISSN

1439-0973

DOI

10.1007/s15010-020-01567-5

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